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Word: pretenders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Andy Dale kicks the ball with his left foot, everybody goes AHHHHHH, it's a miracle," Dale says. "I like to pretend that it's because my right foot is so good, not that my left...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Rituals of a Back in Black | 11/25/1987 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it seems that an archaic rule prevents drunken Americans from dropping in on royalty. Thinking quickly, I don a fake mustache, cowboy hat, and Texas accent, and pretend to be an oil millionaire interested in paying cash for the domain of Scotland. I am courteously ushered...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: The Windsor War | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

...close your eyes some-where in the middle of this show, and then open them again real slowly, you can actually pretend you're back in high school. Same old plywood flats with doors that don't quite close, same old exuberant, slightly wooden acting, same old big audience of proud parents and friends...same old Harvey...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Basic Bunny | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...would have to like it. Or at least pretend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coffee Is A State Of Mind | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

...time and energy trying to convince people that New Jersey is a nice place. I answer "New Jersey!"--not "New York!"--when people ask me where I'm from. I call the Giants the New Jersey Giants, expound upon the undisturbed beauty of the Pine Barrens, and even pretend to like Bruce Springsteen on occasion...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The NIMBY Syndrome | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

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