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Many conservative critics regard the national environmental movement as a thinly-veiled front for democratic liberalism and socialistic values.
Edward Flattau: Eco Hollywood Edward Flattau 2011
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My analysis: The episode is an obvious and thinly-veiled allegory of a probable first contact scenario on Earth and our lack of readiness for inter-planetary reality.
Karen Talavera: The Longing for Home Karen Talavera 2011
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Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport reacted to the legislation, calling it a thinly-veiled attempt to silence the Catholic Church on the important issues of the day, such as same-sex marriage.
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In the piece, Brooks spins a decades-old, nationally celebrated sexuality education event series for university students (aka adults) into a thinly-veiled "think of the children!" outcry.
Dr. Logan Levkoff: Sex Educators Unite to Support University Sex Weeks Dr. Logan Levkoff 2010
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Unfortunately, I think some well-intentioned, unhappy Catholics from Darien are being used as pawns by Senator McDonald and Representative Lawlor in a thinly-veiled attack on the Church.
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It was a thinly-veiled campaign ad for his run for the governorship, and a lot of his fellow Republicans cried foul.
Crist In the Race 2009
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None of it makes sense, except as a thinly-veiled justification for systematic political corruption.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Washington Against Heroes: The Post Attacks Eric Schneiderman RJ 2011
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None of it makes sense, except as a thinly-veiled justification for systematic political corruption.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Washington Against Heroes: The Post Attacks Eric Schneiderman RJ 2011
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None of it makes sense, except as a thinly-veiled justification for systematic political corruption.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Washington Against Heroes: The Post Attacks Eric Schneiderman RJ 2011
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Some funding might help fill short-term budget gaps, but we've seen time and again that these quick fixes won't produce self-sustaining results, said Clinton in a thinly-veiled criticism of China.
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