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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would be pleased that he's not one who can lie before a crowd of school children. Not a man who could stand, as head of the great, big, powerful United States, before innocent youngsters who face life in a country beset with woes of violence and poverty and pretend as if that disparity was okay, as if that was part of the acceptable, natural order of things...

Author: By Carine M. Williams, | Title: Deepest Apologies | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps this is all too idealistic, but I don't think cynicism is any more flattering to our college than apathy. Maybe the answer is to pretend that it's Orientation Week all over again, and we can all look at our educational opportunities here with less jaded, more grateful eyes...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: Killing the Apathy Bug | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

...enlightenment, and that was Steve Martin. And I think it was his comedy records. I used to love, love Steve Martin. I still do...I would get these albums and I would just listen to them all the time. I would stand in my room and pretend that I was delivering his comedy routine...And I don't know if that planted any kind of seed, but I wasn't raised going to the theatre...

Author: By Jamie H. Ginott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: An `Object' of Affection: Talking with Paul Rudd | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...pretend that you know nothing about the Boston Marathon. Let's pretend that you go to Harvard, and as a Harvard student, you are expected to pontificate on any given subject at a moment's notice. Let's pretend that you, luckily, picked up a copy of The Crimson this morning...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Marathon At a Glance | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...pretend to have a resolution to these questions. There are ethical problems here," Halley said...

Author: By India F. Landrigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Biddle Memorial Lecture Addresses Pro-Gay `Like-Race' Argument | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

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