Word: pretended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, pretend to be lords and masters of creation, but that is no reason to carry on like beasts--though a beast would behave less callously. Our relation with the earth rests on harmony, yours rests on abuse--abuse of living and dead matter...
John Simon is not appreciated by most writers of book, theater and movie chat because he is what they only pretend to be: a critic. Like earlier critics with a well-defined aesthetic point of view, Simon writes lucid and scholarly essays-works of art in themselves...
...child's game of pretend is over. A major Arab leader has had the courage to publicly accept what is: Israel exists. The rays of peace peek through a stormy sky. Why has it taken so long...
...scene is a familiar one to all small boys with big dreams: make-believe football games in the backyard, played in solitude to the roar of an imaginary crowd. "I'd throw up the ball, pretend it was a kickoff, then run and fake and flip and fall down and get up again and call another play. Sometimes I'd pretend it was a pass. I'd run and catch it or dive for it. That...
...casual viewer, the appeal of ABC's Tuesday night hits may seem elusive at first. In many ways the shows look like well produced rehashes of the hoariest old TV formats. Unlike the Norman Lear sitcoms on CBS, ABC's shows do not pretend to deal with topical issues, and their premises are brazenly retrograde. Happy Days copies Dobie Gillis; Three's Company recalls Petticoat Junction and Love That Bob. Laverne and Shirley's slapstick antics- usually built around wild schemes to earn money or meet men-are often indistinguishable from the adventures of Lucy...