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Word: pretends (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...definitely been a disruption not knowing whether he will play doubles, singles or not all," said sophomore John Doran. "Everyone just has to practice and pretend that they are getting ready to play no matter what happens with Tom. If he is ready then all the better, but if not we'll have to do the best that we can without...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Faces Georgia in NCAA Sweet 16 | 5/22/1998 | See Source »

...detectives. A blond might become a brunet. A long-haired girl might become a short-haired boy. It takes months, sometimes longer, before you can stop and blend in somewhere, unreachable, unrecognizable. And then you'll get a job and the kids will go to school and you'll pretend you have no past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide And Seek | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

When the boss talks you're supposed to listen, or at least pretend to, right? Well, the boss has plenty to say about the stock market these days--mostly that it's too high--so pay attention. After all, the top dog must have known something to earn that office with a view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is The Boss Selling? | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...that time of year again. With a tea here and a soiree there, Radcliffe is inviting women of the class of 1998 to pretend that the "college" has played a key role in their undergraduate careers. And Harvard, needless to say, has also concocted a mechanism to get its graduating class in the philanthropic spirit: The Senior Gift Fund, marrying the structure of a pyramid scheme with old fashioned peer pressure, rivals anything the Scientologists could come up with...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Radcliffe on the Ropes | 4/28/1998 | See Source »

...Stay away from all scheduled programming. Hang out on the grass, smoke cigarettes and pretend like you belong. You don’t, but this might be the most free time you'll ever have in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: dear dr. know | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

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