sugarcoating

Or is the sugarcoating of humor and emotion thick enough to make the message go down easily?

There is no sugarcoating yesterday's employment report.

There really wasn't too much sugarcoating.

Crusher pondered the question, wondering whether the truth was the best response or a little sugarcoating was called for.

It's no surprise that sugarcoating is rife.

"There was no sugarcoating," said Ricky Watters, the Seattle running back.

No sugarcoating.

"That was the sugarcoating."

Still, without the sugarcoating of a celebrity author, such birthdays would normally remain the province of a few Supreme Court buffs.

But fringier productions, especially when the tourists disappear in January, dispense with the sugarcoating and serve up red meat for the blue-state locals.

This improbable element with Runyon's people, this sugarcoating of evil, is said to be responsible for the popularity of his tales.

"There's no sugarcoating, which is good," said Nathaniel Hill, 15, who plays Danny, the boy who commits suicide.

Whether some sugarcoating can be avoided in a project that remains under Ms. Guibert's watchful eye is an open question: she is, after all, his mother.

"Here was this guy who had no pretense to him whatsoever, who did no sugarcoating," said Ron Wolf, Green Bay's former general manager.

Yet despite its sugarcoating, "Bring In the Morning," which opened on Monday at the Variety Arts Theater, frequently crackles with life.

School Library Journal commented on how the story describes the hardships and difficulties of a feral cat's life in detail and how there is no sugarcoating of the violence.

Some physicians, laymen, legislators, jurors and judges prefer to deal with that pill by sugarcoating it with the legal veneer of medical killing: somehow, it is easier if doctors rather than trained bureaucrats do the killing.

In the book, Ms. Himsel describes Tony's tactics for effective coaching ("He gives it to 'em straight, no sugarcoating," Ms. Himsel said) and explains how his ritual "sit downs" help create a more cohesive team.