Word: fakeration
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Sheppard and a friend were strolling down Ninth Street, the "little Broadway'' of Washington, one evening. In a vacant store, a faker was haranguing a crowd, selling a book...
Cried the faker: "My friends, the most prominent men in America are availing themselves of the wise advice ... I hold in my hand. This very day, one of the most noted men in the Nation, the Senator from Texas, bought half a dozen copies. He is 120 pounds overweight and I have guaranteed that he will get back to normal...
...Often the candidate is a natural demagogue and faker; often he is at heart an honest and courageous man, but, whatever his type or character, when he goes before the voters he loses frankness and lacks candor...
...most fantastically faked fakes that ever the brain of faker faked...
...Metropolitan Museum, charged with buying " the most fantastically faked fakes that ever the brain of faker faked," gives proof of good faith in the cordiality with which its president, Mr. Robert De Forest, disclaims infallibility and encourages investigation of specific objects of suspected authenticity...