Word: pretending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defy his sternest no-strike decrees, it was time that Spain's 30 million people were given some inkling of what lies ahead when the Franco era ends. The monarchy seemed certain to return - at least for a while - but would Franco bring back from exile the Pretend er Don Juan, 48, or would he give the nod to Don Juan's son, Juan Carlos? Don Juan has rarely been in Franco's good graces since their first bitter quarrel in 1936. But the continued estrangement is largely Don Juan's own fault; he has passed...
...activist, he thinks of them always with projected solutions. As a consequence of his emphasis on music as personal expression, he is especially disturbed by any role which presumes to mediate between performer and audience. Thus he feels that critics often know nothing about the music which they pretend to analyze after one hearing, and would rather have musicians give their own critical appraisals...
...want to believe in the living Christ?" says Barth. "We may believe in him only if we believe in his corporeal resurrection. This is the content of the New Testament. We are always free to reject it, but not to modify it, nor to pretend that the New Testament tells something else. We may accept or refuse the message, but we may not change...
...dictum that he leave her, but such conviction can emerge easily as prissiness, and its ruler, destiny, as mere farce. The principals last night did capture the opera's ideals; the chorus gave adequate support to the venture, the orchestra little; and the forces of destiny did not even pretend to their powers, nor did they exhibit that of singing ability...
...them about the advantages of attending DU. Similar practices are performed for the Ivy League by their mass network of alumni. In these areas where it is known that a certain desired athletic ability is abundant--for example, Ohio, in football--Harvard clubs are very active. . . they do not pretend to pass judgment on either but it is interesting to note that the NCAA has given legal sanction to the coach approach...