Search Details

Word: pretended (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

What if we took a leaf from the Pentagon's playbook and just pretended to build a missile-defense system? Better yet, why don't we pretend to pay for it? CHRISTOPHER ROWLEY Ellenville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 31, 2000 | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

When we're too tired to pretend, spy flicks are enjoyed for their high camp-factor and for their contribution to the Nintendo-64 oeuvre. Tom Stoppard's Hapgood, Soviet Spy play though it is, will be relief for the disenchanted...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spies and Thrills Abound in 'Hapgood' | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...homesick for decent food and familiar newspapers and the Boston Red Sox. But by knowing that I'll be back in my natural habitat so soon, it's just as easy to avoid immersing myself in the culture; for six weeks, it wouldn't be hard to pretend that Oxford is just Harvard with nicer lawns. Being here for a couple of semesters would force me to explore and to adjust...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Returning Home Too Soon | 7/14/2000 | See Source »

...know in advance that investigators would pick through garbage. Apologize? Forget it. "What exactly did we do?" he asked at his news conference. "What is our corporate espionage? Our corporate espionage is to find out that Microsoft has hired all these companies, these front organizations, and while they pretend to be independent, publishing all sorts of things that are anti-Oracle and pro-Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peeping Larry | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...Some students try to pretend Harvard is just like every other college by calling the entryways "vertical hallways." This is deceptive logic, though, since climbing stairs to the fifth floor of Matthews is significantly tougher than gliding effortlessly down a normal dorm hall...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Your Harvard Real Estate | 6/23/2000 | See Source »

Previous | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | Next