(n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
Example Sentences:
(1) This was a courageous move in a society where women were confined to purdah.
(2) Vote Leave reacted angrily to the findings, which it said were part of a plan by the government “to circumvent purdah rules by using the IMF, which is funded by the EU and the UK government”.
(3) Plasma calcium, phosphate, and serum 25 OHD concentrations were lower in practising women and their newborns than those not practising purdah and their infants, respectively.
(4) He told the Observer : “I have been cautiously optimistic from the start, but having gone through the last three weeks, and the purdah period, there is a slightly different mood around.
(5) Some senior officers are relieved that this enforced purdah will maintain their distance from the political process, but others feel powerless and frustrated as they watch an election process that they fear could undermine trust in the police.
(6) Either way, the lucky candidate, who has first to past the Normington test (of which more in a moment) has a tenure of eight and a bit months – actually less because Whitehall will be winding down to pre-election purdah by the end of March next year.
(7) But this view was not supported by Shafik, Forbes or Miles, who made their views public before the Bank goes into “purdah” later this week for the duration of the election campaign.
(8) Local government has been quick to jump in and offer advice and support to colleagues in central government, with Graeme McDonald, head of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace), making a very fair offer: Tweet by Graeme McDonald, head of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives Some senior civil servants have sprung out of purdah with relish.
(9) A second source close to the talks said that even if a sale was agreed before the Scottish government went into purdah, it might not mean that all of the workforce was rehired immediately.
(10) James Slack, May’s new official spokesman and former Daily Mail political editor, is a trusted member of the communications team but has no role in the election because he is bound by civil service rules on purdah.
(11) Morgan either has to decide by the end of the month when pre-election “purdah” prevents the government from making new or controversial announcements or hold off until after 7 May.
(12) Is it possible for a civil servant to unknowingly submit a controversial project for ministerial sign-off and for the minister to approve something he or she should not under purdah rules?
(13) The social system of purdah which restricts extrafamilial activities places workers in conflict with established social and cultural norms.
(14) This would mean that the "purdah" rules, which restrict government announcements during an election campaign, would apply while negotiations took place to form a new administration.
(15) The status of women, and their families in turn, has traditionally relied on the keeping of purdah (i.e., the veil and the strict seclusion of women from the world of men), complete sexual division of labor, and relative freedom from menial work.
(16) So the likelihood is very low.” Another area purdah restrictions affect is departments’ written correspondence with MPs.
(17) If you work for the UK government or a local authority you have probably come across the term purdah.
(18) Paul Maltby, director of data projects at the Department for Communities and Local Government, was back on Twitter, regretting the time he’d missed on social media: Tweet by Paul Maltby, director of data at the Government Digital Service By the end of the day, Maltby was clearly happy to be back in the fray: Tweet by Paul Maltby But purdah isn’t just about public servants being careful about what they say.
(19) Some local government officers and civil servants are already in purdah because of the local elections and mayoral elections taking place on 4 May.
(20) While the everyday business of central and local government continues in the run-up to the elections, all staff must be scrupulous in the purdah period to ensure that public resources are not used for party political purposes and must not undertake any activity that could call into question their political impartiality.
Solitude
Definition:
(a.) state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.
(a.) Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.
(a.) solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
Example Sentences:
(1) She wanted it used as a winter White House – a place where a president could find solitude and rest.
(2) The only sound was the breeze whispering to the grass: splendour in solitude.
(3) Solitude becomes a way of life and social interaction a scarce commodity for many chronic schizophrenics who are in institutional settings.
(4) I yearned for solitude; most of all, I wanted to sleep alone.
(5) A '"demi-alien", he began, in his solitude, to write a novel.
(6) You won't need a guide on the Petroglyph Point or Nordenskiold Site No 16 trails, where hikers can experience solitude among the primitive paintings and ruins.
(7) 'Solitude' was a measure of the time during each day when potential sources of help were spontaneously available.
(8) The years of solitude spent pushing others towards your goal, the decision to place yourself in harm's way (as in Stachel's case), and the constant threat of failure.
(9) Most important, Carlin says, Freeman, abetted by the screenwriter, "impressively conveys the giant solitude of Mandela".
(10) Eventually this marriage gets to old age in solitude, with the bitterness of loneliness."
(11) She doesn't mind being lonely – "if you call it solitude it doesn't seem so bad" – and she takes long walks, another of her salvations.
(12) Additional research is suggested to increase the generalizability of the findings of this study and to isolate conditions related to Orem's (1985) sets of actions for maintenance of a balance between solitude and social interaction.
(13) Symbiontic psychoses (induced delusions) are marked by 'solitude by twos'--together in alienation to the environment.
(14) But it was Salinger's own war that seems to have perpetuated his adolescence, trapping him in the mind and spirit of a disaffected teen and subsequently sponsoring a deep yearning for solitude.
(15) The differences in general activity were detected after 69 and 79 days of social deprivation; the hyperactivity induced by amphetamine was greater after 79 days of isolation and the pentylenetetrazol CD50's were higher after 56, 69 and 79 days of solitude.
(16) This resulted in the isolation of provincial psychiatric hospitals, general hospital psychiatric units and community mental health programs, with little overall accountability for the services provided--three solitudes.
(17) Either you play your difference for all it is worth, or you retreat into solitude.
(18) Photograph: National Trust What do you do if you hanker after a dose of solitude somewhere scenic and remote, but can no longer heft a heavy rucksack because of a dodgy back?
(19) Distinct hypochondriac and relation delusions evolved and the feeling of solitude increased.
(20) After a standing ovation and several prizes at Sundance, this quiet little film about a very small man who gets so fed up with people's reaction to his tiny size that he decides to live in total solitude, has made its way around the world as an example of the kind of American cinema you now hardly ever see.