Word: inventing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Laden didn't exist, we'd have to invent...
...afterward Shanower writes, "My purpose in 'A Thousand Ships' isn't to invent, but to tell anew, so I have done my best to base everything on existing sources." To that end he includes a bibliography, a genealogical chart, and a glossary. Even so, he admits that it still amounts to his deciding which version of the tale most suits him, and adding his own details when no others fit. Perhaps classical scholars will wince, but putting a personal spin on history couldn't be more Homeric...
...global warming issue, if George Bush hadn't come along, the Europeans might have been tempted to invent him. It's not as if the Europeans are doing that well on emissions control, but measured against the U.S. they look stellar. The Europeans wouldn't look so good on the issue if it wasn't for Bush. He's helped the Europeans invent a common value. There are not that many of them, and they're frequently formed in response to America - another is Europe's common opposition to the death penalty. So Bush has become a useful tool...
...once tried to invent a fin that would help people swim underwater," Biddle says. "It didn't work, but that shows his zany side...
...work I’m doing here is a pure geometric matter,” Ablow says. “I am mainly concerned with the character of the objects and their relationships. They are very ordinary things, but I invent the order to put on them. There is nothing very impressive about them, but as they are set on the table, they take on a certain gravitas...