Tuesday, April 29, 2008
--The Mask and The Masked--
· n.
1 a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, for protection or hygiene, or for theatrical effect.
2 a likeness of a person’s face moulded or sculpted in clay or wax. Ø the face or head of an animal, especially of a fox, as a hunting trophy.
3 a disguise or pretence: she let her mask of respectability slip.
4 Photography a piece of material such as card used to cover part of an image that is not required when exposing a print. Ø Electronics a patterned metal film used in the manufacture of microcircuits to allow selective modification of the underlying material.
5 a face pack.
6 a respirator used to filter inhaled air or to supply gas for inhalation.
· v.
1 cover with a mask.
2 conceal from view; disguise: brandy did not mask the bitter taste.
3 cover so as to protect during a particular process, especially painting.
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– DERIVATIVES masked adj. masker n.
– ORIGIN C16: from Fr. masque, from Ital. maschera, mascara, prob. from med. L. masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arab. mas4ara ‘buffoon’.
– DERIVATIVES masked adj. masker n.
– ORIGIN C16: from Fr. masque, from Ital. maschera, mascara, prob. from med. L. masca ‘witch, spectre’, but influenced by Arab. mas4ara ‘buffoon’.
Some of us had forgotten its meaning of - MASK.......
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"The Mask and The Masked"
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--Career--
--Career fields dominated by leftists :-
Hollywood
Public Education
Unions
Law (Lawyers and Judges)
Social Welfare
Psychologists and Psychiatrists
Leftist Christianity (ie, Episcopalians, elements of the Catholic Church, Presbyterians, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, United Church of Christ)and other Faiths like Unitarians
Government workers and bureaucrats
NGO's and other special interest groups
Media
Art
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