Word: pretender
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...understand, and why he should use whatever little bit of remaining FTC budget he has left to take his staff to a Eugene O'Neill play, is that people want to be deceived. You don't go to John Edward because you believe, but because it's nice to pretend you believe, to bask in the lie. Miracle cures aren't about the cure, but about the miracle. And while that may mean grating lobster shell on my salad, it still sounds a lot better than working...
...that summer crowds have thinned in Montreal, Orbitz.com and Site 59.com are offering three-night packages for less than $400 a person--including airfare and rental car--from many major cities. The same trip a month ago would have cost almost twice that. What's there to do? Pretend you're in Paris! Cruise along the river, stroll the old city, practice French and visit exhibitions of late great national painters (in this case, Jean-Paul Riopelle). For that bistro experience try L'Express. Or go fancier with Toque!'s cold cod soup and leg of lamb...
...Sept. 11 attack was a nihilistic act, and we distort the memory of the tragedy when we pretend that the victims died for a purpose, patriotic or otherwise...
...Monmouth Barracudas, the highly selective regional swim club she belongs to. Scared of her mother's reaction, she soaked her hair in the sink to make it look as though she had participated and swore Patty, who was carpool mom that day, to secrecy. "Please, let's just pretend everything is fine," she begged...
This report was one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. To pretend that a real assault on Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan launched by the Clinton Administration before Sept. 11 would have been met with anything but howls of protest from the likes of Time and others in the media is amusing. Do you really want us to believe in a revamped image of Bill Clinton as a staunch antiterrorist crusader? TIM HAGEN Albertville, Minn...