Critics, mostly labor unions, have always attacked such proposals as a thinly veiled effort to eliminate employer-provided coverage.
He also took a thinly veiled shot at the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen.
The ones that do are usually thinly veiled prototypes of cars that are already slated to come to market.
The balance comes from sources like corporate donations, and thinly veiled advertisements known in the "biz" as underwriting announcements.
Nothing is more off-putting than thinly veiled grabs at money, fame, or power.
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The term "foreigners" was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled reference to the chairman of Premier League side Mathare United, Bob Munro, who is a Canadian national.
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He also takes a thinly veiled shot at NBPA Executive Director Billy Hunter, wondering if his main interest lies in protecting his own turf above all else.
Sometimes courtliness is called for, other times thinly veiled threats.
Still, Booker T. and crew weren't known for putting together great albums: The legacy rests mostly on "Green Onions" and the thinly veiled rewrites that followed on subsequent releases.
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, cautioned civilian authorities against pursuing revenge, in what was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled reference to Mr. Musharraf's treatment since he returned to Pakistan in March.
The AFL-CIO, one of the Democrats' most powerful patrons, has joined business groups to fight a provision barring unions and corporations from running "issue" ads--thinly veiled plugs for candidates--just before elections.
The bewildering lack of uniformity is a product of what industry pundits have come to call "vanity sizing"--a thinly veiled attempt by retailers to make weight-conscious customers feel better about their figures.
But, psychologists say, grossly overtipping can also be a sign of a large ego ("look at this money I'm throwing around") or a thinly veiled attempt by an insecure person to buy approval.
Analysts say any merger would have to be one of equals, in reality as well as on paper unlike Dresdner's disastrous fling with Deutsche, which amounted to a thinly veiled takeover by the bigger rival.
" Harlem congressman Charles Rangel, in a thinly veiled rehashing of his Gore endorsement, told the crowd: "We have to make sure that when it's all over we can stand together and win the big one.
Nintendo produced and distributed the magazine (with articles that were often just thinly veiled marketing copy) from 1989 through late 2007, when it started contracting the brand out for a more independent angle from tech-and-game-focused Future Publishing.
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In a homily a year after Mr. Kirchner assumed office in 2003, the new pope assailed "exhibitionism and strident announcements" that he said characterized Argentine public life, in what was perceived as a thinly veiled critique of Mr. Kirchner.
And what does that say about the moral probity of the New York Board of Regents when it deliberately eliminates or weaken exams in order to prop up test scores in a thinly veiled attempt to keep the philanthropic gravy train from corporations, nonprofits, and the federal government rolling right along?
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Also, in what could be seen as a thinly-veiled swipe at local rivals Ipswich Town, Smith said it would be unwise to reveal their financial hand while in the midst of transfer negotiations.
Last year British Prime Minister Tony Blair was accused of making an Olympic pitch at a summit of Commonwealth leaders, and there was thinly-veiled criticism of London's bid from Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe.
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