Word: pretenders
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...shoppers out there, remember - it's a lagging indicator. If you've got a job, pretend you'll have it for as long as you like. If you're looking, pretend all those hiring freezes are just about to end. Because if consumer spending pulls back now, well, the recovery could be just around the corner for quite a while...
...Harry Lewis’ office is completely responsible for that.” Faust was reiterating the point proponents of the merger had made all along—Radcliffe had not been functioning as a college for many years, but as long as it retained its title, Harvard could pretend that final clubs, date rape, and other concerns were under Radcliffe’s purview...
...Legend tells of a great a cappella king who long ago held court in this common room. On quiet nights you can still hear the bone-chilling echoes of cheesy guys making dorky pretend drum noises with their nerd-mouths...
Price-wise, Cambridge, 1 is not exactly the sort of place to get lit on a budget and doesn’t pretend to be. After all, these guys have tons of fresh wood paneling to pay for, along with new stereos piping in Nina Simone and two 42-inch flat screens hanging above the bar. And like the $9 movie ticket, the $4.25 premium draft has ceased to outrage many locals. Glasses of wine range from $6 (a nice pinot grigio) to $11, while bottles stick pretty close to the “glass times four” formula...
...elements. The events that replace high school sports are just familiar enough to occasionally evoke the old and cherished sensations, the nervousness before a game, the taunt suspense of close action, or the excitement of a big win, and this is what makes them all the more frustrating. They pretend to be the real thing, but the illusion never lasts...