Word: faking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...uninitiated, the sport may seem ridiculously simple: take a long pole ; with a line, attach a fake bug and toss it at some unsuspecting fish. But the disciplines involved in this seemingly simple act take years to master. Novices often quit in disgust or spend hours on the river, pleading to heaven for the strike of just one trout. Eventually, with practice, the casts begin to land right, without a splash, and then one day a trout rises to examine the offering -- and strikes...
...fraud is unknown. So is the extent to which Matthew Henson, his unswerving black assistant, understood the fudging. Herbert writes sympathetically of all these voyagers, whose real accomplishments were extraordinary. They were married to the Arctic, and perhaps the truth of the matter was that if they had to fake triumphs in order to return there, they would fake them...
...reveals to her what men think about after having sex: "how much longer do I have to lie here before I can go home?" And she publicly demonstrates to him how women fake orgasm...
Holworthy is also close to Broadway Supermarket--where liquor, mixers, ice and munchies can all be bought under one roof. Not only was I the only roommate to show up with a bottle of vodka, I was also the only one to arrive with a fake I.D. Broadway and I became friends. Good friends...
TRIPMASTER MONKEY: HIS FAKE BOOK by Maxine Hong Kingston...