Word: pretended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never know who you might meet. The flip side of that coin is that you might meet someone you'd rather not have invading your room. In that case, if the music is loud enough and it is dark enough, you can just pretend you never saw the interloper. Perhaps the "Wow, this wall is really interesting" maneuver should not be discounted...
...David Brock once put it, to assemble such a combustible mixture. Lionized in the acclaimed movie The People vs. Larry Flynt, the smut publisher came across as a crusader for principle (he went to jail to uphold the First Amendment) with a self-deprecating candor (he doesn't pretend that men buy his magazine to read the profiles). But Hustler's taste for barnyard animals and meat grinders in close proximity to unairbrushed women is so gross that Gloria Steinem and Jerry Falwell found themselves on the same side against him. Still, it takes a rich pornographer with nothing...
...problem, of course, is that the American People don't exist, not in any unitary sense and certainly not as our pols and pundits pretend. This is a tiny problem, though. The phrase exists, and in the postmodern politics of the Clinton era, that's the important thing. Politicians used to be called opinion leaders, but that burden has been lifted from them...
...Omni Theatre in the Museum of Science. Tuesday and Wednesday are "Bargain Nights," when the powers-that-be knock $2.50 off the price of admission. While you're there, take in the brand-new IMAX flick, Amazon, or just walk up and down the musical staircase and pretend youre an extra in Big. Amazon at 7 p.m., Everest at 8 p.m., Museum of Science, 1 Science Park...
...date of the holiday gives Canadians a feeling of superiority. "The original Thanksgiving originally happened around this time," swears Erron W. Titus '01 from Vancouver. Canadians also try to pretend there is a difference between the two celebrations by refusing to use the story of the hungry pilgrims and the helpful American Indians...