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dance of the seven veils

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  • Based on the Biblical description of a salacious dance performed in the court of King Herod. The precise term "dance of the seven veils" was reportedly first used in the stage directions of Oscar Wilde's play Salome.
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"Testing the waters" is a veil for what candidates do in the years when it's too unseemly to be seen actually running for president. . . . But this veil is dropped when candidate and handlers believe the coyness has begun to cloy. And then the candidate's dance of the seven veils has begun.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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dance of the seven veilsA striptease performance.
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χορός των επτά πέπλων

danza de los siete velos

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