Word: veneered
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...readily admit that premeds don't have a monopoly on unethical behavior. The pre-law and pre-investment banking students are pretty evil too. But at least they're honest about being sleazy. Unlike the pre-meds, they don't try to hide their sliminess and greed behind a veneer of altruism...
...Randomization. Although the hardcore statistics majors (all three) and other naysayers resign themselves to pure happenstance, others on campus try desperately to beat the odds. These go-getters attempt to battle the logic of randomization with pure superstition. Is this at odds with the student body's veneer of educated objectivity? Not al all. As one first-year put it, "The whole randomization process is about numbers, so it there's any way to beat it, numerology would...
...should be studying for midterms, unless you thrive on aggravation. But if you've just unpacked your new multimedia system and are eager to find software that will put the machine through its paces, consider Club Dead. If you like MTV, you'll certainly appreciate this game's campy veneer...
...acting, however, could hardly be improved upon. Especially fine are the performances of Jerome Preston Bates as Floyd, who makes us care about the tortured soul that lies beneath a veneer of strut and swagger; Viola Davis, an eloquent and unaffected Vera; and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who plays the sweet-natured, joyous Canewell as a sort of Mercutio to the lovers' Romeo and Juliet...
...prejudice and promote class warfare. They are fostering an "us vs. them" division between "normal Americans" (the middle class) and the "parasites" (the poor), while the wealthiest quietly continues to amass a greater share of the economic pie. The American principles they claim to support are but a thin veneer for their ugly intentions...