Raines also has no patience for Washington policyspeak, or political euphemism.
Hence, fashion designers often prefer a euphemism.
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But by 1997 it had become a euphemism for irrelevance.
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Some see parity as a euphemism for mediocrity.
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Lawyers tried this with busing and affirmative action and the results have been, to use a journalistic euphemism, decidedly mixed.
But Mr Reed, vice-chairman of the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, said Mrs May's talk of reform was "a euphemism for cuts".
Hyde The word "challenge" is often a euphemism for a problem.
On the 30-year fixed mortgages I was looking at, rates ranged from 4.17% to 4.41% with zero points (an industry euphemism for a commission calculated as a percentage of the loan amount).
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As reports suggested that Duncan Smith's leadership manifesto would indicate a desire for closer links with the North American trade zone Nafta, Mr Clarke described his rival's European policy as "a euphemism for leaving the EU".
Lord knows I am not the smartest person in the world, the brightest bulb, the sharpest knife or any other euphemism you want to trot out connoting intelligence.
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His unerring nose for pretense in the art world and American life, and his gift for comic invective when faced with political correctness and euphemism, alienated him from both the left and the right.
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Alas, those excess savings are a euphemism for excess money creation by central banks, particularly the Federal Reserve.
Its credit rating has been downgraded by Moody's to "not prime" (a euphemism for junk) and it's losing its chief executive, Barry Tootell.
Many economists have already concluded that elevated unemployment rates are structural (a euphemism for long-term) when it comes to getting America back to work.
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The dreaded risutora--restructuring, the euphemism for layoffs--has not hit his firm yet, but he is waiting.
The 9 flavors including fruit punch, blue raspberry, and orange blend (is this an euphemism for Tang-flavored?) are clearly not geared towards those with discerning palates.
Your time is no longer your own, and you resign yourself to "maturity, " "filling out" or whatever euphemism for middle age that soothes that idea that you are simply overweight, unfit and unhealthy.
This turns out to be a euphemism for a ten-minute stumble over broken pavements, through the traffic fumes of south London.
As Thailand's best-known "influential person, " the local euphemism for underworld don, Somchai dresses to character in a loud Hawaiian shirt and heavy gold amulets.
While New BAC sounds fancy, it is really a euphemism for layoffs, consolidations and improving processes to make the Company run more efficiently with fewer employees.
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