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window-dressing |
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window-dressing the ornamentation of shop windows, designed to attract customers How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Eventually, it causes its purported themes to emerge as mere window-dressing in a study less truly concerned with history than with story--with the ways in which Reformed subjects flame life- and nature-altering events. It takes a lot, for example, to put a positive spin on escalating job losses, and the good old Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) has clearly decided that it isn't worth the effort: It hasn't even bothered with its usual window-dressing efforts. Again, my compliments, especially for not just making a few window-dressing changes, but going for the big step forward. |
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