The interiors are muted beige affairs with a proliferation of white leather – although it is evidently a bit more Premier Inn than Ritz: "Light wood effect deckheads, faux leather and marble veneer give the impression of luxury," say the manufacturers.
Following her operation, a £4,000 set of veneers gave her life-changing teeth.
Bubinga wood veneers gave way to computer stations for the surveillance specialists and miles of wiring for three communications networks at different secrecy levels.
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Western-educated former prime minister who returned from exile on Oct. 18 under a flawed U.S.-mediated plan to shift Pakistan from direct to indirect military rule with a civilian veneer, has given the coup de grâce to this botched American attempt to manage a nuclear-armed Islamic state.
The teak veneer cabinets give way at one end to a coat closet and an enclosed work niche for Ms. Wu.
The walls, the ceiling, and the floor were clad in walnut veneer, which gave off an aromatic scent.
The monitors play a critical role in creating a democratic veneer, solemnly giving their customized assessments and formal reports, which are promoted by the government-controlled media.
What a delight, then, to have a new translation of "The Interpretation of Dreams," one that strips off the scientistic veneer and gives us a Freud who is fresh and alive and, seemingly, unobscured.
It could be a new direction for Star Wars, or it might turn out to be a strange anomaly in the pantheon, one that unwisely dispenses with the cosmic B-movie veneer that gave Lucas's wildly successful original trilogy so much of its identity and magic.
I worry that the removal of that veneer may give rise to a viciousness we have not yet seen.
