Word: veneered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Little did either of us know that our dreams would soon reveal themselves to be merely a deceptively hot bosom beneath a corset, like the one Lil’ Kim wore in the “Lady Marmalade” video. Beneath the idealistic veneer were the fat, naked breasts of truth, ready to bust out and stifle anyone foolish enough to be tricked by the façade. Thus, we quickly realized that these proverbial breasts couldn’t possibly live up to real boobs on the Internet...
...Douglas Green: ETA Furniture ETA stands for ''easy to assemble,'' and it is, since Green, a Maine-based designer-craftsman, has conceived, refined and started manufacturing the Arts and Craftsy pieces himself. They come in kits and are made of solid cherrywood, not veneer. The component timbers are precisely slotted and notched to fit without nails, screws or glue. In each instance, the final component -- for instance, the top of the dining table -- acts as a keystone to hold the item together. It's the '90s ideal: classic, ingenious, unpretentious, real...
...will achieve no noble purpose. There were no weapons of mass destruction, and democracy will exist in Iraq for about as long as U.S. troops are there. Many more Saddams are waiting to rise to the top in Iraq. We were naive to think we could easily paste a veneer of Jeffersonian democracy on a land where tribal allegiances date back centuries. By almost any measure, this war is unnecessary and a tragic blunder. Yet to withdraw our troops now would compound the mistake we made in deciding to invade and would leave an unstable and volatile nation to fend...
What makes this phenomenon intriguing is that its subtly yet substantially regressive nature is masked by a veneer of progressiveness. Unlike those of the 1950s, today’s women are not forced to play any traditional female roles. Because of this, some might argue that the gender revolution has pushed through a full cycle: young women like Anne are now assuming the roles their grandmothers once filled, not by default but as a deliberate choice...
Appearances may have been deceiving. Just as Bennett was about to take off on a wine-tasting trip to Europe last week, police arrived at his Park Avenue penthouse to put him under arrest. Behind the refined veneer, it appears, Bennett may have been playing loose with the rules. Just two months after Refco raised $583 million in an initial public offering (IPO), federal prosecutors accused Bennett of hiding $430 million of uncollectible debt, in so doing propping up Refco's earnings and share price. When the news hit, Refco shares plunged from $28.56 to $7.90, wiping out $2.6 billion...