veneer

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Until recently, there was at least an attempt to give interventions a veneer of legitimacy through U.N. endorsement.

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The terrific Mr. Baker portrays Leigh with antsy anxiousness thinly masked by a veneer of professional camaraderie—he knows that Jay’s participation is crucial to the success, or maybe existence, of the production.

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But there was a whole economy of momentum behind that veneer of equal positioning.

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There was something else that academics offered Epstein beyond a veneer of respectability: access.

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I prefer transactions with no veneer of bonhomie or friendship, no wine bottle on the kitchen counter with a note: “We hope you enjoy the place as much as we do.”

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