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Just as the housing bubble papered over the troubles of the middle class, it also hid, for a time, the declining prospects of many men.

But easy money, and then printed money, have already papered over a huge number of cracks since the bear market lows of March 2009.

The divisions in the party had been papered over during the election campaign.

I still don't know whether the next two weeks will see them bridged, or just papered over.

One of the windows had been papered over.

The speaker's explanation only papered over the cracks in his party's ideas on unemployment.

A number of stains on the wall of my room were papered over.

Whatever differences were aired behind closed doors at the dialogue were papered over in public remarks.

Until this latest recession, many Americans papered over the issue.

the ill feeling between her and Jenny must have been papered over.

They papered over the cracks in the wall.

He papered over a deficit with accounting gimmicks .

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

In 1969, a temporary compromise emerged that in effect papered over the dispute.

The commodity-price boom had papered over many cracks in fiscal accounts.

The threat to New START could exacerbate another difference that was papered over in Lisbon.

But the economy was very sick before the crisis; the housing bubble merely papered over its weaknesses.

Heavy government spending and extra bank lending have papered over the cracks in China's economy to date.

These are set to remain long after the fiscal chasms are papered over by debt haircuts and the EFSF.