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Or is Rand co-opting them by merely using his newfound adviser as a fig leaf?

To say that a consignment is “in compliance” with packing regulations is a mere fig leaf.

Finally in 2003, the absurdity of the explosive numbers forced MLB to institute a fig leaf of testing.

This fig leaf of legality must be stripped away, otherwise violence will persist.

Powers never found the house he was looking for, because he never cared a fig for how he might pay for it.

Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).

Each is surrounded by a gelatinous capsule, which is its distinctive feature (Fig. 9).

The specific gravity is most conveniently estimated by means of the urinometer—Squibb's is preferable (Fig. 14).

Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.

Hydrogen sulphid is easily prepared in the simple apparatus shown in Fig. 30.