Word: foist
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...hyperaware of anything that might cause offense; House lists and dining halls become ad hoc forums for debate. After spending time at Harvard, I am inclined to be sanctimonious. But watching the cheerleaders bouncing from foot to foot, intent on the game, I realized that my quest to foist The Feminine Mystique upon them was not only quixotic but also, and far worse, patronizing. Their decorating my brother’s room wasn’t necessarily antifeminist—and they certainly didn’t see it that way. They saw it as their contribution to the community...
...concealed, shadowy murders—only to wake up and have these apparitions confirmed on the streets. Even awake, Depp wanders in a somewhat dreamlike trance through the crimes, with little in the way of actual detective work or even acting. Depp, a badass no matter what accent you foist upon him, never truly finds a rhythm in his performance or a core to his character. He’s been directed to deliver a subtle performance in the extreme; so subtle in fact that he’s largely left staring deadpan while the action clumsily revolves around...
...right track." With a safe-bet budget of $5 million, Mitchell, 37, was allowed to star, write the screenplay and make his directorial debut. "I was bored with acting," explains the theater veteran, "and I had a lot of strong ideas I didn't want to foist on someone else...
...NONRECALCITRANT TOASTER: Somebody soon is bound to smash the worldwide small-household-appliance cartel's plot to foist $50 toasters built with 10[cent] engineering on a groggy breakfast-time America. The prospect of a toaster that quickly pops up perfect golden-brown slices every time is to be dreaded. Will the toaster swallow the slice, then hold it in its stubborn grip until it's a hunk of smoking charcoal? How many times in a row will you have to insert a slice, only to see it instantly pop back up again? Set the dial to WELL DONE...
...never met my own dad and I was resistant to meeting him, and I was sort of trying to figure why I was resistant to meeting him. But it's unsightly to foist this sort of thing on the reading public in the form of a comic strip. I've never been quite comfortable with autobiography because then I'd be tied to what was actually going on in my own life, and not have the freedom of a fictional story. I guess the irony of it is that in trying to do that [my father] up and dies...