Word: pretends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quit your day job. You need a job to get a job. And you shouldn't pretend you were nothing more than a simple man from Russell, Kansas, for the past 35 years. Prospective employers don't look kindly on gaps in your resume. In the process of disavowing his presence in the belly of the beast, Dole also denied his legacy of passing moderate, bipartisan legislation, a record of real accomplishment...
...also wearing astroturf shoes, which are essentially sneakers. So perhaps the best way for Northeastern to defeat Cumnock is to pretend that it doesn't exist. Northeastern 2 Harvard...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We do not pretend that an assault-weapons ban will end all crime, or even all gun violence. But taken in step with a strong crime bill, this can start to end the national epidemic of violence...
Kirtley notes in his editorial ("The Ad Board Is Composed of Humorless Bureaucrats," October 21, 1996) that the Ad Board considered it "dishonest of [him] to represent [him] self as a Harvard first-year in need." Perhaps it was dishonest of him to pretend to be a first-year in need, but in need of what? He would need nothing but a reality check, as are all who have lost sleep over the past month at Harvard's 'fall from grace.' Kirtley had a legitimate target--not Room 13, which no doubt provides a necessary service to the College community...
...Crimson doesn't pretend that the Tigers aren't the focus of the season. Princeton is the only other undefeated team in the Ivy League, and the winner of their game will most likely win the league title...