The author sugarcoats nothing about her ordeal and the damage done.
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Memory's narrative simplifies and sugarcoats the past, turning people into heroes or villains rather than complex human beings.
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By hiding nearly a half century from us, the Trump administration not only sugarcoats the truth, it turns it invisible.
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In "Freedom Over Me," Ashley Bryan sugarcoats nothing, frequently invoking the language of commerce to expose the brutality of human trafficking.
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We've come to know these men, root for them even — though the show never sugarcoats the violence inherent in their chosen path.
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There is, of course, love at the base of all this work, but Adlon never sugarcoats aggravating family moments with a group hug.
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The Wampanoags, who are the Indians in this tale, have long contended that the Thanksgiving myth sugarcoats the viciousness of colonial history for Native people.
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It's not novel to tell people that they need to know how to communicate better, but Sexton's advice is both spot on and very specific — and he sugarcoats nothing.
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"I feel like everybody sugarcoats [new parenthood] because they don't want to sound ungrateful because we just couldn't be happier, but at the same time, it really is a challenge," she explained.
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" — realizes it — "… and now anyone listening to this phone call knows it, too" — and slips quickly back into the dapper English reserve that sugarcoats his secret dealings — "Apart from that, how was your day?
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Bush mostly avoids Veterans Day-style platitudes and sugarcoats nothing, not even stories about a veteran who wounded a fellow soldier with friendly fire and one shot by an Afghan security guard who was supposed to be an ally.
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Despite the film's syrupy sweetness, it takes some risks (in a musical interlude, the immigration official who has shredded Aja's passport sings a tasteless number about deporting him to Spain), and its relentless earnestness is tough to resist, even as the film sugarcoats intimations of real danger.
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Henry never sugarcoats how he feels and explores the emotions he knows he should not have.
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The song Sugarcoats and Heartbeats clocks in at 15 minutes because after 4 minutes of silence, two bonus tracks can be heard, the first one is "A Purse of Stories", and the second is an instrumental track called "Clarity".
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McTernan made the band "work hard from the get go and it's paying off", according to Sutor. McTernan "never sugarcoats things, he is very honest with how you're doing and what you're doing wrong/right." The band were originally going to record 14 songs, but cut the number down to 12. By April 11, all of the music was recorded, leaving vocals left to do.
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After releasing their debut album Fragmented, Up Dharma Down had been called "band most likely to cross over to North American shores" by the BBC and was featured Time Magazine Asia. It "earned them a spot in the [music] industry" since several singles from the album became local hits. Frontwoman Armi Millare said the following of recording the album: Millare wrote six songs from Bipolar while isolating herself in Saguijo Café+Bar in Makati. Bassist Paul Yap wrote four songs from the album: "All Year Round", "Blessed", "Silid", and "Sugarcoats & Heartbeats".
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