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Word: pretenders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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George Bush was able to pretend to leadership on issues such as child care, education and the envronment simply because few Democrats were claiming otherwise...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: The Real `Jackson Problem' | 1/26/1990 | See Source »

...wives are responsible for initiating conversations in a natural way. After all, a first-year Congressman from Nebraska cannot just go up to Chief Justice Rhenquist and introduce himself. If his wife admires Mrs. Rhenquist's necklace, however, she has an excuse for an introduction. The men can pretend that they are just passing time until their wives are finished...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Playing Powder-Puff Politics | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

ASSUME for a moment that, instead of Kuwait, Switzerland was invaded. What if a million-strong, battle-hardened army swarmed accross its borders? Pretend that Swiss, rather than Kuwaiti, women are being raped in the streets of Geneva rather than Kuwait City...

Author: By Gavin M. Abrams, | Title: Who's PC Now? | 1/4/1990 | See Source »

...piece of work is an understatement." Adds Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming: "I once told Gorbachev that he was a no- bullshit kind of guy, and he replied that he knew how to say that word in 14 different languages. I don't pretend to know what forces might combine to cause his removal, but I do know that if he were operating in the U.S., no American politician in his right mind would dare run against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorbachev Touch | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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