Word: pretender
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Oettinger seems to believe that college men know nothing of these matters, are not qualified to discuss them intelligently, and should keep their ignorance to themselves. Of course, neither the editors of the CRIMSON nor its correspondents are experts. They do not pretend to settle these problems. They naturally take an interest, however, in national issues and form opinions on them. A college man who believes that because his knowledge of such problems is limited he should avoid discussion of them and should devote all his thoughts to collegiate or other minor matters will not make a good citizen...
Referring to poetry in general, Mr. Roberts said, "It is a sad fact, but there are usually no more than two men in a thousand capable of understanding poetry. There are many hypocrites, to be sure, who pretend to understand verse and who join an exclusive Browning cult, but this is done in order to conform to custom. The poet is born, not made. He has within him the 'urge of the eager' which needs no routine training. In college the poet is usually shy, for an individual is repressed, but the type advanced. You have a very good school...
...this broken-down Napoleon sits in his back yard, surrounded by as many private detectives as an Attorney General or a Pittsburgh millionaire. It must be a bitter pill for the great Poseur to have to pretend a demure shyness to tempt the photographers Lo, he used to treat Gott with condescension. But now he even bores the League of Nations. No one cares what becomes of him. He is de trop, passe...
...pretend that recent news from Russia is reassuring. The uncompromising attack of the Communist despotism on the great co-operative associations is disquieting. But it is not our business. We have meddled enough. Every element in Russia except a handful of expatriates wants us to keep our hands off. It is a crime for France to stir up Poland to try to be another eatspaw for French interference. It is not much less of a crime for any other government to refuse export licenses to any business man who wants to begin trade with Russia on any terms that suit...
...partisan candidates in any sense in which that term has previously been employed in politics. Party labels there must be, because the party label has been established by law; but when the Republican National Committee is forced to offer a prize for a platform, it is ridiculous to pretend that there is anything which resembles a genuine cleavage of public opinion along party lines on the questions that confront the country. What is going on is merely the maneuvering of ambitious politicians who are waiting to see which issues are expedient and which...