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Of course it is all illusion, but the flattering lighting and bougie boxed waters belie that revelation.

But this outcome belied an extended, hard-fought debate.

From his initial interviews with reporters to his conversations with fellow fighters, Mark is kind and collected, an all-around good guy whose amiable manner belies his capacity for violence.

While Maron sometimes kvetches about Feinartz’s hovering cameras, he seems to have given him a kind of all-access pass to his daily life in a way that belies his trademark crankiness.

At the same time, the activity in the town belies the desolation implied by building data that show only 30% of destroyed homes have been replaced.