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Word: fakeness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...years also served as a “disincentive” for students and parents who might fake estrangement in an effort to get out of the parental contribution...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Estranged Students May Receive More Aid | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...very few things it's better to fake. New self-tanning lotions work faster and last longer than they used to. But all have the same active ingredient, dihydroxyacetone, made from sugarcane. Are the pricey ones worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Batch Test: Tan Lines | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...have the same problem with the Olympics. We like those new fake sports we force the Olympic committee to include so we can win, like beach volleyball, snowboarding and major-motion-picture production. But unless the games are held either in America or Utah, we're not going to watch people pole vault. Unless they get hurt doing it. Then we'll watch it over and over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rest-of-the-World Cup | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...visit Morocco every year, delighting in the North African folklore, agreeable climate and spicy night life. Al Tbaiti, though, seems to have been seeking kicks of a different sort. As he prepared to board the aircraft, Moroccan agents swooped in and led him away. They believe that a second fake passport and thousands of dollars in undeclared currency they found in Al Tbaiti's bags help explain his true purpose in the country: organizing a terror spree aimed at killing American citizens as well as Moroccan Jews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside an al-Qaeda Bust | 6/15/2002 | See Source »

...have the same problem with the Olympics. We like those new fake sports we force the Olympic committee to include so we can win, like beach volleyball, snowboarding and major-motion-picture production. But unless the games are held either in America or Utah, we're not going to watch people pole vault. Unless they get hurt doing it. Then we'll watch it over and over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rest-of-the-World Cup | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

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