Word: pretended
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...checkpoints should really make surprise visits. Usually, the Israelis know beforehand that the Americans are scheduled for inspection. We can tell because that's when the soldiers open all the gates. But most of the time, there's only one soldier, and you have to be very patient and pretend to be sympathetic while he or she is on the cellphone for 10 minutes talking to a friend or a mother. Otherwise, if you try to hurry along the soldier in the booth, it puts him or her in a bad mood, and it can take a lot longer...
...center for information and supposedly did not get all the facts, a Planned Parenthood official quoted in your report stated, "That's taking someone's life and playing a really dangerous game with it." Whose life does he believe is in danger? It is a significant injustice to pretend that there is only one life at stake in these cases. Pregnancy centers shouldn't misinform women--and neither should abortion providers...
...similarly transformed himself from borderline failure to commercial Hollywood success. “When I would go out to dinner, I would just always have so much in common with the 14 year old,” he says. “I’d have to pretend to be an adult, like I shared their experience when I didn’t.” With two shows on the air and a third on its way, MacFarlane is already drawing comparisons with such television sitcom legends as Norman Lear, the writer and producer behind classics like...
...used to think that, but it's been awhile. I don't pretend to think I'm as smart as Noam Chomsky, but I'm smart enough to ask him questions...
...convincing. For instance, TLR asserts that pre-marital sex acts put me at higher risk of depression. But do they seriously expect me to believe that dry-humping could make me sad when it feels so darn good? And let’s pretend for a moment that there’s a chance they’re right, and I do get a little down in the dumps...