It may be superficially attractive at first, likecandyfloss, but when one tries to put it to use, it melts away, leaving a sticky mess.
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I cannot understand why the manufacturer ofcandyflossshould be given a bonus, while the manufacturer of character has to pay the tax.
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We are no longer in acandyflosseconomy.
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If that is his idea of acandyflosssociety, it is certainly not ours.
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They include such industries as the making of one-armed bandits andcandyflossmachines, while excluding office equipment.
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We all are familiar with the term which has been bandied about so much of late, the "candyflosssociety".
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Who is going to measure the exact portion ofcandyflossthat is served at the end of a stick?
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It was rather like watching one of those fellows at the funfair makingcandyfloss.
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These proposals will be seen ascandyflossand cosmetic.
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That is not acandyflossorganisation.
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Tourism is not acandyflossindustry or some peripheral activity—acceptable, but not like the serious business of earning the country's wealth.
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We do not want the shadow to becandyfloss, but there is a danger that the substance may be more like yesterday's cold suet pudding than anything else.
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The inessential industries—thecandyflosstype of industries—are able to afford to pay the tax much more easily than industries engaged in the hard task of exporting.
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In my constituency the manufacture ofcandyflosskeeps a large number of people usefully employed and gives a great deal of satisfaction to a large number of consumers.
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All the rest iscandyflossand packaging.
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