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Word: fake (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned to Bendrix for help, it was Bendrix who hired a detective to watch her. But Sarah was beyond the scope of detectives. Starting from her hysterical bargain with God, she had gone on through the loneliness of suffering, through the conviction that she was a "bitch and a fake," to find that she not only believed in God but loved Him-even more than she loved her lover. "I believe there's a God-I believe the whole bag of tricks; there's nothing I don't believe, they could subdivide the Trinity into a dozen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shocker | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...mines. And the terms of his story are so studiedly, elaborately mundane that at first the unwary reader is hardly aware of the muffled explosions of the answers. (One of his buried questions : Must a woman who becomes a saint necessarily think of herself as "a bitch and a fake?" Greene's answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shocker | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

...today, the 152-year-old school which produced "educated pagan Indians" and Daniel Webster in its youth, is both a fake and a phenomenon among its contemporaries...

Author: By Laurence D.savadove, | Title: Dartmouth--A Quiet Spark in the Frozen North | 10/27/1951 | See Source »

With the ball on the Holy Cross 22, Captain Carroll Lowenstein passed to wingback John Tulenko on the ten after a fine fake by end Fred Ravreby had loosened the defense. Tulenko, whose running was one of the best things in the Crimson attack, eluded the secondary and went on to score. Lowenstein's extra point try was partially blocked, leaving the score tied, and the Crusaders puzzled...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Crusaders Defeat Crimson, 33 to 7 | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...weakness of the passing game hurt the Crimson. Fullbacks John Culver and Tom Ossman did most of the running, and ran well; Ossman was particularly effective on a fake pitchout play with which he gained good yardage during the second half. But the total passing gain was a paltry 21 yards...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Crusaders Defeat Crimson, 33 to 7 | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

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