face-lifting
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“One stays, unless possessed of tremendous courage, for 30 or 40 years, or until further face-lifting becomes impractical.”
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2011
The plan, first proposed by city officials last spring: build a new Metropolitan Opera House as part of a general face-lifting project for Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a culture hipped on youth, face-lifting is becoming an economic survival tool.
From Time Magazine Archive
The plant is still serviceable, though it needs a full-scale face-lifting, but if only the Yankees play there, the city might never recoup its planned $24 million investment.
From Time Magazine Archive
She'd found out, somewhere, that Conn had been the originator of the municipal face-lifting project.
From The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
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