Word: pretenders
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...paces of change are not honored. The Soviet Revolution of 1917 transformed governance at fashion pace, and then everything was run at infrastructure pace--Five-Year Plans. Commerce was slowed to a crawl, and fashion came to what seemed like a dead stop. Deep-seated culture was forced to pretend that it was changing at the pace of the plans, and nature dropped right out of the picture. When the system inevitably broke, there was little robustness left in the culture, scant adaptivity left in commerce, and the Russian environment was a poisoned wreck...
...riding, cow tipping, mini-golfing, go-cart riding or apple-picking. I, of course, was beside myself. Though I could barely form complete sentences, I do remember launching into diatribes: "Where are the five star hotels? The paparazzi? My close-up?" My brother sucked it up and tried to pretend that he was Thoreau, forced to the outskirts of civilization. But who could have predicted that the Midwest would be such a trendy vacation destination these days? I feel like a boob for ever mocking it. If you're looking for a hotspot, try the Wisconsin Dells-a budget-friendly...
...known as Alanis Morissette's co-writer and producer. The band insists that hiring Ballard was its choice; Ballard says he was recruited by micromanaging Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine. In any case, Dumont admits that he initially thought Ballard was "too slick" for the job. "I won't pretend there wasn't some pressure for them to write with me," says Ballard. "Whatever it took to make sure that they had a, quote, radio single...
...Charles Krauthammer (not exactly a flaming liberal himself) wrote, "[Buchanan's] technique is to convey raw prejudice to his followers, who understand his code, than go on respectable media [and now to Harvard], smile and pretend he never meant it. His trademark is the wink. The wink is interpreted by his friends in mainstream media as 'I'm fooling the mob.' It is understood by the mob as 'I'm fooling the pointy-heads...
...never be able to become central to Harvard life. They are exclusive organizations in an inclusive environment. Final clubs throwing house parties are like the Wicked Witch of the West trying to win Miss Congeniality. It's like Homer Simpson trying to lose weight. Or pre-meds trying to pretend they have a life--the shoe simply doesn't fit. And when you try to be something you're not, you usually end up failing, comically...