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window-dressing

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window-dressing
the ornamentation of shop windows, designed to attract customers


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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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