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Before WWII, Amsterdam was a major center for the buying and polishing of diamonds.
Australian governments and institutions in the eyes of the world for their mistreatment and neglect of Aborigines" because "[t]hey will see it as calculated to tarnish the national image at a time when all other efforts are directed towards polishing it and showing Australia at its best."
) Would it have been more virtuous of her to while away the Depression polishing the White House china?
Hotshot bankers have moved in to handle the new wealth, polishing up but not eclipsing the frontier image.
In junior high, "his hobby was polishing shoes," says his mom.