Word: veneered
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...This is a view of college that is most amusing to all who are within its precincts and get a glimpse of the true state of affairs, and it is only on account of the antiquity of the accusations that laughter is restrained. Age has given the charge a veneer of truth which modern investigation will scrape off in a few seconds showing the rottenness of the under structure...
...large billiard room, 26 by 82 feet, furnished with seven carved oak billiard tables of the Brunswick and Balke pattern. The billiard room will be fitted with every modern appliance, including cushioned seats, and will be finished in cherry, with a maple floor and inlaid ceiling of glass veneer. Under the extension at the rear of the building will be located the boiler room, in which will be placed a boiler of sufficient capacity to furnish steam heat for the whole building. The second floor will be taken up by two suites of rooms, each consisting of a bed-room...
...object-glass." How sad! "A three-horned dilemma presents itself at this juncture: First, the new A. B. signally lacks that very perfection in detail which is breath to the nostrils of society. Finesse of manner can be acquired, but the college-bred have an aversion to artificial veneer. "Are you sound at the core" is their text. Second, the new A. B. is placed in a quasi electric light of criticism which magnifies imperfections and leaves beauties normal size. Third, the A. B. herself possesses some of the characteristics of an unsatisfied molecule, and as a result of special...