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I guess the problem I have is that even more fundamental questions about the corruption of the American system tend to get lost or papered-over in this debate.

Matthew Yglesias » Fighting About Modes of Delivery 2010

Under Labor and Kadima governments, the continued expansion of settlements was to some extent papered-over with the notion that “everyone knows” many of those settlements will have to go in a peace deal.

Matthew Yglesias » After the Two-State Solution 2009

But there's also the dusty B&K News Stand, with its extensive "over 18" section; Tattoo Paradise; and several papered-over windows, some belonging to establishments that have been "coming soon" for months and others that closed after only a brief tenure.

Adams Morgan: Looking beyond nightlife 2011

After this initial reaction to the "papered-over differences" in the G-20 statement, attention will turn elsewhere, said

G-20 Euro Could Get Short-Term Boost From G-20 Francis McInnis 2010

The downtown is desolate, with a perky coffee shop here, a lively comic book shop there and lots of papered-over glass in between.

In small-town Iowa, ahead of Obama visit, spirits are lower but unbroken 2010

The downtown is desolate, with a perky coffee shop here, a lively comic book shop there and lots of papered-over glass in between.

In small-town Iowa, ahead of Obama visit, spirits are lower but unbroken 2010

Red-lettered posters announced the event on shuttered tiendas and busy bus stops and papered-over graffiti on the city's walls for all of September and October.

Carlos The Impossible (Part 2) JTK Belle 2010

On 103rd, the Royal Kabab & Curry restaurant has, like the optician, moved on to lower-rent digs without being replaced; and, on 105th, Tokyo Pop, a Japanese restaurant, all of whose wait staff mysteriously spoke English with French accents, has also disappeared, though its papered-over windows uniquely promise a "Pizzabar" in the Spring.

Tom Engelhardt: Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York 2009

Using papered-over windows with peepholes cut into them, the agents watched over the scene until Martin Luther King was shot.

HW Bio: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. « 2009

So they paper it over, and look for other papered-over hearts, relating to each other on the superficial level, "surprised" when the old, neglected wounds fester and boil over.

Archive 2009-12-01 Steven Barnes 2009