Word: veneering
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...good news is the individual incident, not the general reality in Seattle. Under the veneer, it is a troubled, uncertain city, its crisis real. It is a town that has had its downs before, but never quite to this degree: out of an area population estimated at 1,400,-000, more than 71,500 are out of work; 66,000 are on county welfare rolls; 72,000 on food stamps. In little more than two years, Boeing employment has plummeted from 101,500 to 46,800. By the end of 1971 it will probably sink to 32,500. It could...
...believe the object is to put one back in touch with authentic feelings, with one's self or, in Freudian terms, with the ego. To accomplish this, some of the veneer of manners, civilization and other superego accomplishments needs to be scraped away or at least temporarily removed. What often happens, however, is that the id merely has a night...
Halfway through, The Naked Carmen strips off its campy veneer and goes for the jugular. The March of the Toreadors suddenly becomes Deutschland über Alles as crowds roar "Sieg Heil!" Then Spiro Agnew denounces effete snobs-and the band plays Stars and Stripes Forever. It is as devastating as a knee in the groin. Children shrill the Gypsy Song, break into a tapdance and a pianist plays an ornate set of embellishments on the first phrase of the Habañera; he knows all the tricks but cannot remember the melody. The Card Song is swallowed by a monstrous...
FROM the crenellated walls of the Kremlin to the high seas, the Soviet Union last week paid tribute to its founding father, infallible oracle and uncanonized saint. His spectacular, freshly painted portraits gave Moscow a colorful veneer for the occasion. Everywhere, banners and flags snapped in the spring breezes. At nightfall, colored lights twinkled in the capital's trees, fireworks illuminated its skies, and spotlights played on a huge portrait suspended from a blimp. Coinciding with the civilian celebrations was a dazzling worldwide show of strength by the Soviet navy and air force. After a year of almost ceaseless drumbeating...
...steam also warped a veneer 18th century Chippendale-style secretary desk in the room, which will require "considerable treatment," Miss Jones said...