Word: pretends
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Evasive Action." This week, Lord Halifax made a farewell speech before the Pilgrims society in Manhattan. Said he: "I felt I could not pretend to any knowledge of this vast and varied country unless I had seen as much of all of it as was compatible with the claims of my work in Washington. ... By travel I acquired a truer sense of proportion about Anglo-American relations, about my work, and even about myself...
...gratified to find that your magazine has now matured. I am not a journalist and so do not pretend to set your policy. You . . . might be pleased to know that at least one of your ex-readers is considering returning to TIME as a source of condensed news...
...room filled with dated copies of the Daily Express and France Libre. But if he was not on time, he was barked at louder: "Handsome Mrs. Pollock would glower at me from behind her flower-and-chocolate-laden desk, and her pneumatic Jane, the American secretary in uniform, would pretend to be engrossed in her typing, so that she could spare no sympathy." A major warned him: "Please be careful, my friend. You must not give a false impression of slackness you know. You are being trained for a position of great responsibility. Punctuality is considered most vital in this...
Somebody just murmured that we ought to bury the game, pretend it didn't really happen, but it's worth a few more paragraphs...
...coronary thrombosis; in Bournemouth, England. Forced to call his first press conference when a frustrated U.S. press demanded more news about the impending 1939 visit of the King & Queen, Sir Ronald patiently bore flashbulbs and impertinent questions, disarmed newsmen by saying, "I don't pretend to enjoy this, but shan't we have another...