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Word: pretends (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...much in the pleasures of mere physical exercise. But rowing would become popular if the men knew that the winning crew were to be given their oars or some silver cups. As it is, the present condition of class rowing is disheartening. The blame is upon the men who pretend an interest in class crews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ROWING SITUATION. | 4/5/1910 | See Source »

...conditions our "lonely Senior" must be a very disagreeable person or at least one whose wish for friends is of abnormally late development. The editorial and the letter from S. B. Steel seem to answer many of the objections adequately and, as Mr. Steel says, the committee does not pretend to have made a perfect plan. It is a pity that this letter descends to a wholesale arraignment of the business methods of the last administration, a matter of which, since he was not a member of the Corporation, he can manifestly have no intimate knowledge...

Author: By W. R. Castle., | Title: Review of Advocate by Dean Castle | 3/7/1910 | See Source »

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