Word: pretended
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...follow our excellent example?" he continued. "We are the only nation in the world so proud of our manufactures that we never pretend them to be anything but what they are! Aren't you proud of your products? Why do you endeavor to make the world believe your goods are British by establishing factories here in order to offset British competition...
...Harvard Military Record in the World War reveals that the names of 11,319 Harvard men are included in the report, which does not pretend to be a complete record. It was also learned last night that 148 out of 164 men who were members of the CRIMSON between 1910 and 1920 inclusive, had war records, and that the CRIMSON was forced to suspend publication in 1918 because of the large number of editors who left to enroll...
...there is danger of neglecting one's work in order to laugh. They are perfectly plain middle class people and as such are charming neighbors. But they have the notion that as someone else has three cars they must have three, and if other folk ride horses and pretend to understand polo they must do the same. In England they would know their place. They would certainly learn not to wear jodpurs when they go to the grocer...
Excerpt: "You must be prepared to assume some line of business which will give you the entree desired. You may have to go so far as to pretend you are getting up a directory to cover your reason for asking who occupies the office. If the person enters a theatre you must get close enough to see where he goes...
...Young Plan: "To believe that the German proletariat will produce from its own veins 20,000,000,000 marks of the Young plan payments without terrific commotion is crazy. Let the French and German politicians pretend they believe this miracle. We Bolsheviks don't believe in miracles...