Word: gilding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Painting the Veil, Mr. Maugham Does Not Gild the Lily...
...convincing maps to show the increase of godliness in the United States, and theatrical producers, tobacco magnate and movie corporations simultaneously condemn these maps as empty boasting, one has difficulty in understanding just what conditions actually exist. The "antis" are proceeding along three lines of attack: successes in one gild over similar reverses in others; and in the same way, the "Devil's Disciples" camouflage their Western defeats with their Eastern triumphs...