Word: cosmeticized
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THE SHAH is beginning to run scared. In response to the recent upheaval, he has ordered several cosmetic political reforms. He has shaken up his cabinet, ostensibly to make it more responsive to the conservative Moslems. He has also promised that all legal parties will be allowed to offer candidates...
The issue is less complicated than some members of the Harvard Corporation would make it seem. The University has consumed more than five months in a spate of correspondence, largely cosmetic open hearings, reports and committee meetings. These actions have repeatedly brought forth the same basic set of facts to...
But these developments promise only cosmetic change. More thoughtful reformers suggest that fundamental changes are necessary to keep the legal system from being finally overwhelmed by the growing tide of suits. Such ideas necessarily involve a de-emphasis of the venerable adversary system and a reduction in the influence of...
"There's no indication that there'll be anything but cosmetic changes in U.S. policy," Schecter said. "At best we can expect more statements made under pressure from Carter, mild economic measures like Citibank's withdrawal of government loans, with Andy Young running around claiming credit, and continuing to believe...
Thie irresistible ne'er do' well, hustling every deal he can get his fingers into, compensates for his unmarketable aspects with a cosmetic personality. When his father dies several years ago he did not go to his funeral because it would have interrupted his training for a contest that would...