reburnishing

The changed priorities from Bush's unilateralism, so evidently proclaimed in the speech, are still dependent on the credo of American Exceptionalism and American global leadership: The story that he wants to tell the American people demands a reburnishing of traditional notions of American exceptionalism, mission and leadership.

Archive 2009-01-01 Burke's Corner 2009

The changed priorities from Bush's unilateralism, so evidently proclaimed in the speech, are still dependent on the credo of American Exceptionalism and American global leadership: The story that he wants to tell the American people demands a reburnishing of traditional notions of American exceptionalism, mission and leadership.

Obama's destiny - moderation, restraint and managed decline Burke's Corner 2009

The simple operation of steaming a letter open is followed by reburnishing the flap with a bone instrument, and no trace is left.

The Poisoned Pen 1908

Some kinds of paper can be steamed open without leaving a trace, and then they follow that simple operation by reburnishing the flap with a bone instrument.

The Ear in the Wall 1908

These slight differences are submerged in apperception, so that sensation comes to be not so much an addition of new items to consciousness as a reburnishing there of some imbedded device.

The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907

"Football's first superstar played with a ballerina's grace and a bull's power, but as Poole shows in The Galloping Ghost, there was more. 21st-century fans will benefit from his reburnishing of the legend."

unknown title 2008

"Football's first superstar played with a ballerina's grace and a bull's power, but as Poole shows in The Galloping Ghost, there was more. 21st-century fans will benefit from his reburnishing of the legend."

unknown title 2008