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That a few thousand troops could somehow reverse the present situation and ensure progress toward victory is obviously a fantasy of the first order, one that barely papers over the reality of these last years: that Washington has been losing the war in Afghanistan and will continue to do so, no matter how it fiddles with troop levels.
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The win has barely papered over the cracks at Lyon, whose coach, Claude Puel, blamed this season's problems on the psychological effect of Barcelona's 5 2 Champions League win.
The prime minister outlines seven pledges made between the countries, including $1.5bn of money in aid from the international community The G8 communique on Syria barely papered over the cracks of international divisions on the crisis, writes Ian Black.
The rise of a new Urumqi (pronounced oo-ROOM-chee), though, has barely papered over the ethnic and religious cracks that run deep in this region, which sits astride the ancient Silk Road.
The cracks on this issue are barely papered over: while the communique from the G20 has held off the moment of tightening and calls for coordination, it allows for every detail to vary across countries.
After barely papering over differences at the actual summit, Trump destroyed whatever shred of goodwill remained in a tweetstorm triggered by the effrontery of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's criticisms.
He appealed the conviction, filing a succession of mostly handwritten, barely legible papers.
A barely adequate paper would provide a summary of the readings; a superior paper would identify weaknesses, unresolved questions, and the substantive implications of any deficiencies.
These are a good type of particle because they can barely penetrate paper, never mind skin.
Often, street papers barely break even.
A decision to bring in a higher salary threshold for those workers barely made the papers in the UK but was headline news in India.
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