Word: pretended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Vichy could no longer pretend to be neutral, few thought that the men of Vichy, who have wagered their personal futures on Axis success, would balk at ordering the French Navy to sail under Axis colors. But there was one practical obstacle: the temper of many French seamen, who have threatened sabotage if ordered to fight for the Axis...
...great Skoda munitions works at Pilsen. One day a big ladle of molten lead being carried on Vacek's crane suddenly flipped over. It happened that a posse of German Army commissioners were passing beneath: 14 of them were burned to death. Old Vacek did not try to pretend accident. He dived out of his cab, 60 feet head first to the concrete floor...
This column does not pretend to own a crystal ball; nor can it attempt to draw up any blueprints. But, on the other hand, we are willing to challenge sportswriter Bill Cunningham's attitude toward post-war planners. That popular scribe flashily dismisses the whole matter saying, "It's nice of them to do the heavy thinking while somebody else does the heavy fighting, but their hot air hangs like a steam curtain between the effort and the ultimate...
From Clare Boothe and Vincent Sheean over WOR-Mutual that evening came sober talk of the U.S. task. Said Sheean: "Shall we pretend, as I have heard so-called experts pretend today on the radio, that this thing is easy? . . . Let us get ready for a series of shocks...
Virtenentes. These are unattractive except for a smile, but hold their men better and longer than either of the two preceding types. They go about with one sock up and one sock down, hair uncombed, but pretend to be devoutly interested in whatever interests the boy-friend, such as pinball, economic statistics, or how he told off the dean...