Word: pretenders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Roosevelt. Notably absent from the Jackson Day dinner was Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt who continued to pretend that he was not the out-in-front candidate for the presidential nomination. When asked at Albany if he would listen to the broadcast of the Washington speeches, he parried: "My radio is out of order...
...drumbeating, by launching a large heart-shaped balloon at the climax. But Author Wertenbaker does not always load the dice in favor of his heroes: the victory as often as not is with Mr. Peyton, only slightly-idealized figure of a good headmaster. Before They Were Men does not pretend to tell the whole truth about a boys' school; but it tells a part of it very pleasantly...
...gone out since the last Chautauqua or travelog in the church basement. They see "Seth Parker and his Jonesport Neighbors" performed with no "props" save a fireplace, chairs and the melodeon. Of plot the entertainment has little; to get the actors off stage for intermission it is necessary to pretend they are all going out for supper. The acting is unpretentious, the comedy naive, such as when Seth gets his foot tangled in a carpet while beating time to music...
...over. He attended the French Embassy reception in honor of the Premier, and there Ambassador Tytus Filipowicz of Poland seized him by the buttonhole. Mr. Borah is no man to retreat. He repeated his opinions on the Polish Corridor, but added by way of diplomacy that he did not pretend to be completely informed. Ambassador Filipowicz drew himself up in his diplomatic uniform, with all his decorations jangling, and made the retort courteous: "I congratulate you, Senator, on your moral courage-in admitting the incompleteness of your knowledge...
...party in London, Edward of Wales seized his brother George, cried "Pretend you're a lady and keep your long legs out of my way!" and stamped off with him in an exhibition of the tango...