Word: pretending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Barred by the constitution from succeeding himself. Café Filho has only 14 more months (the remainder of Vargas' term) to apply his remedies. "I am perfectly aware of the time limitation I am up against," he said recently. "And I do not pretend to be a miracle man. What I am trying to do is apply common sense to this job. I am not running for President: I am already President. I do not need to court popularity or votes...
...overboard. He was too frail to lift the heavy copper stewpans, and got only ten francs for his first 8,000-mile voyage to France. At Marseille he was offended when prostitutes came on board. "Why don't the French civilize their own people," he asked, "before they pretend to civilize...
...that case, it is also miserable allegory. The actors are completely lost in the script, and can make no more of it than can the audience. But it really isn't their fault. Mr. Sturm thought it would be killing to have a bunch of men pretend they are drunk, another man pretend he is a dangerous criminal, and a woman pretend that she cares what the whole bunch is doing. Unfortunately, someone forgot to add funny lines to the script and was misled into believing that a ridiculous plot is the same as an amusing one. The result...
...does not justify the means tends to become more than a wholly proper critique of Soviet ruthlessness; it encourages us to forget that we do need ends, precisely to justify, and criticize, our means. The contradiction between ends and means, the inescapable tension, is what Marxism and like ideologies pretend to evaporate...
...ordered Britain to rearm against the threat of Communism, who with these words sent British troops into Korea in 1950 to repel Communist aggressors: "They talk of freedom while they murder it. They talk of peace while they support aggression. They are ruthless and unscrupulous hypocrites who pretend to virtues which their philosophy rejects." "They won't fool old Clem," said pub pundits with satisfaction...