Word: pretends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opposite end of the spectrum, Kelly Yamanouchi '00, who is a Crimson editor, professed that she did not know of any Harvard students who had contact with gang culture and proposed that "a lot of Asian people" imitate inner city fashions because they "want to pretend they are poor...
...They can't pretend that all is well, but the total impact won't be known until the end of the year...
Retreating to his garage, he cut a block of wood to fit his shirt pocket. Then he carried it around for months, pretending it was a computer. Was he free for lunch on Wednesday? Hawkins would haul out the block and tap on it as if he were checking his schedule. If he needed a phone number, he would pretend to look it up on the wood. Occasionally he would try out different design faces with various button configurations, using paper printouts glued to the block...
These two prurient developments in our Puritan enclave will surely be greeted by divided reaction. The men on this campus, at least those who are heterosexual, may pretend to be outraged for fear of alienating the real women in their lives, but will secretly rejoice at the boon to their fantasy arsenal. I've already made my reservations at Hooters. Female students, meanwhile, will likely express mild disgust, with militant "womyn" taking to the barricades...
Second, it is a mistake to pretend that racism and sexism exist only outside the queer community. By failing to address these issues, the organization would be prepetuating within its own sphere the discrimination found in society at large...