Word: sugarcoat
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...incident-I might say things because I tend to shoot from the hip and maybe he took it too hard. I'm a New Yorker and I don't like beating around the bush. I'll just say what I want to say and I won't sugarcoat it. But I'm not snobby, I'm just direct. Wow, I can't believe he said that...
Your managing editor's explanation of why TIME chose to do the story was as insightful an analysis of the situation as I've seen: "This story is not so much about kids seeking glory as it is about grownups not looking and seeing, about people who preferred to sugarcoat rather than confront reality." There's no doubt we are all now looking, but as these tragedies continue, it's obvious that most of us still aren't seeing. ROB DONAHUE Evanston...
This story is not so much about kids seeking glory as it is about grownups not looking and seeing, about people who preferred to sugarcoat rather than confront reality. We're likely to get letters from people saying they had to hide the issue from their children. I understand. Some of us may be hiding it from our own little kids as well. But I don't think we should hide the shocking images and stories from ourselves. The concept of a kid in a school cafeteria with a gun is one that should disquiet...
...want to get the straight dope on what a company is like for minorities, you're not going to get it from recruiters," he says. "It's not necessarily because they sugarcoat it, but because they just don't know...
...affability helps sugarcoat fiercely conservative fiscal policies that might otherwise be a tough sell in a state where only 13% of the voters are registered Republicans. Weld cut benefits to the poor, hiked tuition rates at state universities and passed an austere welfare-reform plan a year before Congress caught up. All but two of his tax cuts have benefited businesses rather than individuals, and his decision to accept money from political-action committees looks all the worse since Kerry turns down those contributions. It doesn't hurt that Weld courts confrontation with the national Republican Party...