But the biggest pretense is that Georgia is supported by the West. From Wordnik.com. [Russia has called the West’s bluff « Isegoria] Reference
That's the sound of hot air escaping after pretense is punctured by a pointed question. From Wordnik.com. [A Voice from the Middle Ground] Reference
The free enterprise pretense is today, again, providing profit to a small number of people and corporations. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Not in Vermont’s Back Yard] Reference
I could think of no better way to communicate than with a poem, where pretense is stripped away, leaving only what is beautiful and vital. From Wordnik.com. [And I didn’t even get your name… : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
For somewhere not far behind the pretense was the reality. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
Really, though, shouldn't it be called the pretense of omniscience?. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Koppl - The Austrian Economists] Reference
This is Mariah without pretense, which is the best thing about this record. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Finally, human infants, but not chimpanzees, put their heads together in pretense. From Wordnik.com. [How Are Humans Unique? « Isegoria] Reference
Of course, following his defeat, Sauron and the Realm of Mordor exist only in pretense. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Rings as Property Law : Law is Cool] Reference
Quentin Tarantino film without a lot of the pretense from a Korean filmmaker who should be better known stateside. ". From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
The pretense was a plausible one; and the farmer sold them the required clothes, charging only about twice their cost, when new. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War] Reference
I think this kind of pretense-deflating humor merits respect, and I honor it. From Wordnik.com. [TEXAS FAITH: What was the right response to the South Park satire - and to the threat it sparked? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
Doug, maybe I'm nitpicking, but I don't like your choice of the word "pretense". From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Politicians personal lives. A double standard?] Reference
No. I'm fifteen, and I think my parents and I are still under this kind of pretense that I don't know what a boy is. From Wordnik.com. [Catherine Hardwicke, The Invincible Auteur Behind ‘Twilight’ » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
And as for any "pretense", this point has been strongly questioned from both sides, Skeptic from After the Bar Closes and Pez here. From Wordnik.com. [A Voice from the Middle Ground] Reference
Middle Class pretense is isolation in public. From Wordnik.com. [A PRIMER ON UNLEARNING CLASSISM] Reference
By doing it, the act goes from "pretense" to reality. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
His music is the antithesis of the kind of pretense showed on that line. From Wordnik.com. [New Model Minority] Reference
Washington has at least offered a "pretense" concerning our mounting deficit. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Washington Post, a former John McCain adviser wrote that the "pretense" of change has required "some sleight of hand.". From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The only kind of pretense that he demanded was that she should be a dear innocent little girl, and that rôle came easily. From Wordnik.com. [Jewel Weed] Reference
We didn't have any but 'pretense' milk, so Dray is now out looking for a cow. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
"" Cursed Days '' makes no pretense at objectivity. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Red Terror] Reference
She simply won the public over with her candor and lack of pretense. From Wordnik.com. [Family Pride] Reference
What I'm sick of is the pretense that politics should be a tea party. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Throws A Hail Mary Pass] Reference
McCain, however, has no patience with pretense, nor does he claim to. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Hothead] Reference
That is indeed the case since the pretense of "liberation" is now gone. From Wordnik.com. [International Mail Call] Reference
The West's response to the new fighting shredded any pretense of impartiality. From Wordnik.com. ['Devil In The Driver's Seat'] Reference
In the social arena, we ended 75 years of pretense by reforming the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [The Exile Speaks Out] Reference
I am not sanguine about the pretense that college sports is, in any way, amateur hour. From Wordnik.com. [Football Winners, Classroom Flops] Reference
There has been no such pretense -- or padding -- in this full-throttle campaign swing. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: Fast Journeys With George] Reference
Clinton dropped any pretense of being an above-the-fray, statesmanlike former president. From Wordnik.com. [Speak of the Devil] Reference
But so has journalism, with its dubious pretense of reportorial invisibility; at least this is living death. From Wordnik.com. [And Now, Infinite Scoop] Reference
There is no longer a pretense of social responsibility; the national systems of health, education and welfare are in tatters. From Wordnik.com. [Seasick In A Rising Tide] Reference
But now the Constitutional Court has made plain how little the bill's content measured up to its pretense of green revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man Walking?] Reference
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