Word: feign
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...patent lie. Sure, they say they’ve never seen Must-See TV. But they’ll jump eagerly into the debate over what the next episode of “Alias” will reveal about Sidney’s amnesia. Or they’ll feign ignorance about last night’s “The West Wing,” but laugh before the punch line. Their false compassion is hopelessly transparent...
...should not be completely convinced by the façade of utter refinement—indeed, those who came seeking a night of class were also there seeking, well, a bit of something else. It is the perfect place for middle-aged men to feign a fascination with Renaissance art in endeavors of female flattery. “I painted that,” one man whispered in my ear as I observed a work by Diego Velasquez. While one regular patron of the event raved about all of the gorgeous men she had encountered there, two female first-time...
...adding names as the situation dictates - Teresa Heinz Kerry, Hillary Rodham Clinton - even occasionally offering to fetch the coffee. On the way down, she has to be even more careful if she ever hopes to rise again. Even for the strongest of the breed, the best strategy is to feign weakness, to play the damsel in distress. Martha Stewart, that means...
...those he knows that makes him so instructive. No birthday can go by among our group of friends without him organizing a birthday party (they are usually supposed to be surprises, but by this point Jonathan organizes them with such clockwork that we are all just forced to feign being startled). No meal can be eaten in the dining hall without him making sure that the least popular person at the table is included in the conversation. No acquaintance can pass him on the street without receiving a warm greeting. I have even witnessed Jonathan chastise himself for failing...
...things go around here, it is still a shock to pick up the morning paper and read the name of Henry Kissinger alongside that of President Summers. To anyone familiar with Harvard’s legacy of past connections, it does not become our sincerity to feign surprise at this latest link. As the article notes, Summers and Kissinger are similar figures in more ways than one. Still, it’s hard to repress a twinge of astonishment at this latest bold-faced alliance. Kissinger, who never travels out of the country without checking first for outstanding warrants against...