Word: veneered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What saves the film from the commonplace is an original juxtaposition of the human and non-human animals. Under John Ford's skillful direction, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelley shuck their human veneer and slip into the animal world which surrounds them. The passions which rage within this triangle are not civilized; they are elemental lusts common to all creatures. Driven by them, Gable becomes leonine, while Misses Gardner and Kelley are strictly feline...
Rounding the corner of Pinckney Street, one soon sees that any changes of the last century are little more than a veneer covering a Louisburg over a hundred years old. The gleaming brass nameplates of the houses might have been nailed on yesterday, but the houses themselves were all built before 1850. The street is paved--but the old cobblestones still show through a dip in the pavement at the west end. The lights which once burned whale oil now use electricity but the modern bulbs, without globes, are fixed into the old lamps. There are not many lights...
Stiffener. A new boxmaking and panel material that combines the stiffness and strength of wood with the smoothness and lightweight of fiber cartons was brought out by Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. Called "Ply-Veneer," it is made of Douglas fir veneer sandwiched between thin layers of Kraft container board. Price of paneling: about...
...three playlets, ranging in setting from the British provinces to the French Riviera and in subject from the British lower middle class to the international set, are corrosive social commentaries under a blithe veneer...
...sample menu, to give the beginner confidence in ordering a basic meal. Each new Chinesegoer will want to expeliment for himself, educating his tastes to include steamed fish, abalone, and squid. With chopsticks firmly clutched, and the soy sauce at hand, anyone can rapidly acquire a professional veneer, and the process is both easy and pleasant...