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  1. Speaking in the House of Commons in 1937,Churchill said" I will not, pretend ,that, if I had to choose between communism and Nazism, I would choose communism
  2. Which the celestial stars do threaten them. Not that I am foolish enough to, pretend ,to be a prophet. – Open letter to Privy Councillor (later Chancellor) Prague
  3. Concurs, but indicates that there is a relevant disanalogy that we can't, pretend ,to know the contents of the mind of God, while we can know the designs of other
  4. A porn film with Bunny),who, along with Kunkel's girlfriend (Aimee Mann), pretend , to be the ones who kidnapped Bunny. The character of UPI originated on the set
  5. With the principles already laid down, these cosmological speculations do not, pretend ,to anything more than mere appearance. The Poem In the poem, Parmenides
  6. Made in exhaustive detail: that is, nothing left to chance). Calvinists do not, pretend ,to understand how this works; but they are insistent that the Scriptures teach
  7. Parties accountable for failure. While John McCain is trying desperately to, pretend ,that he never had anything to do with the Republican Party, I think it would be
  8. Things, etc. In other words, the sand provides a medium in which children can, pretend ,to explore, construct,and destroy the world in three dimensions. This idea of
  9. This may be due to intolerance of the resemblance to childhood games of, pretend , a perceived risk of over-identification with the characters, and the absence
  10. Normal heterosexual teen development. Gay, lesbian,and bisexual people who, pretend ,to be heterosexual are often referred to as being closeted, hiding their
  11. Innocent would have no qualms about stroking it, but the guilty one would only, pretend ,he had, and when Napier examined their hands, the one with the clean hands was
  12. Then retiring to his quarters to recall a time in his childhood when he would, pretend ,to be asleep and his father would come weeping and reciting a prayer beside his
  13. But have no intention to do so, for example, one political party may, pretend ,to negotiate, with no intention to compromise, for political effect. Inherent
  14. An operational definition of what is meant by" absolute rotation ", and do not, pretend ,to address the question of" rotation relative to what? ". Background These
  15. Because you don't chuck that sort of chemistry away. Of course,I'll have to, pretend ,I like Restoration" The play initially caused some controversy, with Smith
  16. Face today, and want to think about a possible tomorrow. OK, but then don't, pretend ,to have any interest in human beings and their fate, and stay in the seminar
  17. To metaphorical blindness: How many times can a man turn his head // and, pretend ,that he just doesn't see ... How many times must a man look up // Before he
  18. Of this desert many strange and unbelievable marvels are told by those who, pretend ,to have penetrated it. In his last years Shared dwelt in Damascus. In 730
  19. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn't, pretend ,in my life to be strong. " However, Mitchell and Rolling Stone have had a
  20. Is courage, which is useful here for judging the puppets and chatterboxes who, pretend ,to speak in the name of the people. " After liberation, Camus remarked," This
  21. Perfectly related orally in five minutes. The better way to go about it is to, pretend ,that those books already exist, and offer a summary, a commentary on them. " He
  22. Organisation Rotary, she allows the executive producer to yell at her and, pretend ,to fire her over one of the show's decisions, when in reality she is receiving
  23. Possibly influenced by the Society for Creative Anachronism, childhood games of, pretend , play fighting, costume parties, roleplay simulations, Commedia dell'ARTE
  24. Behind them – as is the case with Kaminski. ) Kaminski famously liked to, pretend ,he was someone he wasn't (as do many of the characters in his books),he
  25. Moved the runaways from station to station. The" conductor" would sometimes, pretend ,to be a slave to enter a plantation. Once a part of a plantation, the "
  26. Faith negotiation Bad faith is a concept in negotiation theory whereby parties, pretend ,to reason to reach settlement, but have no intention to do so, for example, one
  27. Greatly. " That said, Beckett did once concede," It would be fatuous of me to, pretend ,that I am not aware of the meanings attached to the word 'Godot ', and the
  28. Where they proceeded to dismember a big baby doll, having been told by Zappa to, pretend ,that it was a" gook baby ". Situated in New York, and only interrupted by the
  29. Something is denied you—when there is a subject that is never spoken of—you, pretend ,it's for the best. But when I was denied information about someone as
  30. Ability to read music:" When the teachers asked me to play something, I would, pretend ,that I was reading it and play from memory. I didn't fool them, but I didn't
  31. Worshippers who" beat their breasts and gashed their shoulders .... When they, pretend ,that the mutilated remains of the god have been found and rejoined ... they
  32. With The Little Doctors of 1901. In this film a little girl is administering, pretend ,medicine to a kitten, and Smith cuts in to a big Close Up of the kitten as she
  33. Powers" of Annoying Girl and Crab Teacher are unknown. Calvin often tries to, pretend ,he and" Stupendous Man" are two different people, but it never seems to work.
  34. From her real lover, but the gigolo manages to act his character with such, pretend ,sincerity that she winds up falling in love with this fictional persona. The
  35. To let go of those feelings, and they are back to where they started, trying to, pretend ,the feelings don't exist and that they have no problem being" just friends "
  36. As a rookie in 2003 because" it would be an insult to the Japanese league to, pretend ,that experience didn't count. " Name "/IN"> espnrookie"/> The Japan Times ran
  37. Extent that we live in an urban-industrial civilization but at the same time, pretend ,to ourselves that our real home is in the wilderness, to just that extent we
  38. He pointed out that if a man used a metaphor as an invitation, the woman could, pretend ,she did not understand him, and he could retreat without losing honor. Juliet
  39. That don't just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least, pretend , too. Hence, the second great virtue of a programmer. See also laziness and
  40. Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never, pretend ,to any other office than to serve and obey them. It has been suggested that
  41. Which can be made about the universe, and I am not enough of a hair-splitter to, pretend ,that I don't regard them as arrant and negligible moonshine. In theory, I am an
  42. And encouraging them and helping them to help themselves. All the people who, pretend ,to take your own concerns out of your own hands and to do everything for you, I
  43. To pressure. For the rest of this article, we will ignore this complication and, pretend ,chemical potentials don't matter. Let's rework everything using a grand
  44. Proper meaning: In contrast with comparisons which use the word like, metaphors, pretend , to a literal interpretation of what they are referring to, as in the sentence "
  45. To Rachel's baby, as they wanted the show neither to revolve around a baby nor, pretend ,there to be none. Crane said that it took them a while to accept the idea of a
  46. At home with most versions of pastoral; in pastoral you take a limited life and, pretend ,it is the full and normal one, and a suggestion that one must do this with all
  47. Stated that it is not affiliated with a political party, but that it does not, pretend ,to lack opinions or a point of view. It states its opposition to" the barriers
  48. To any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not, pretend ,that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable" (
  49. Cannot talk about something that has no name, you cannot fight it. Those who, pretend ,to fight inflation are in fact only fighting what is the inevitable consequence
  50. Minutes of screen time). Exercising his dramatic license, Kubrick had Guilty, pretend ,to be multiple characters in the film, allowing Sellers to employ his gift for

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