Whatever gloss one cares to put on it, we are back to where we were before ecumenism got going, to a position of rivalry between the two churches.

无论一个人喜欢什么样的信仰，在燃起基督教信仰合一与两大教会竞争之前，我们都回到了原点。

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Although they once put a gloss on everything, the darker side of life is what now catches people's attention.

ECONOMIST: Gloom merchants

But the best spin in the world can not put a gloss on the most pressing problem facing the government at the moment, which is how to increase lending.

BBC: Martha Kearney's week

One factor is a certain human soul-sickness that's impossible to put a constructive gloss on.

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