Word: veneering
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...time that Il Duce gave her a strict English governess by the name of Gibson -the same name as that of an Irishwoman who had tried to pot Il Duce with a revolver in 1926. Sent from one school to another, Edda finally acquired a social and cultural veneer, an expertness on piano and violin, a fluency in French and a smattering of English. At 18 (or thereabouts) she took her first serious plunge into the outside world by going, with 125 members of the Italian Navy League, on a semi-official junket to India and Ceylon...
When it comes to making fools of themselves, Americans take the cake. I was pleased to find that you had scraped the veneer from the recent Royal Visit [TIME, June 19] and had seen it for what it obviously was an invitation to the next chestnut pulling Three cheers for TIME...
There were Rolls-Royces, Mercedes, Isotta Fraschinis, Fiats. Some had cowls of aluminum. Others had a veneer of satinwood. A few were plated all over with gold. There were purple, vermilion, lavender and orange limousines and sports models with velvet and satin upholstery...
...There is not that covering of subtlety and finesse which enables people to deceive one another, to appear insincere, to hide true thoughts. But the character of these simple people is so often invisible to us because of this very lack of surface adornment. One looks for a veneer where there is none, and is mystified...
...Jumped on the malt and veneer container industries. The Federal Trade Commission issued complaints against the United States Maltsters Assn., American Veneer Package Assn. Inc., Eastern Package Assn., Southern Package Assn. Inc., Northeastern Package Assn., Midwest Package Assn., and the members of each. Charge: price-fixing in the two industries to create monopolies...