We are not demonstrating.

Let's just pretend like we don't know each other.

Let's just pretend like we don't know each other.

Let's just pretend like we don't know each other.

We would pretend we didn t hear the comments about reverse racism, to keep our sanity.

It is wrong to pretend that the risk of war is behind us.

Maybe this murderer was in love with the Aleppo Citadel, like I was. Maybe he had a girlfriend he d met in a café or in university.

Let s pretend that the United States had such a government.

At some level, we all pretend to tune into the Olympics to admire human athleticism.

We do that corporate whether it's a bailout, an oil spill, a recall we pretend like what we're doing doesn't have a huge impact on other people.

For governments and international organizations, as with individuals, moral failure is easier to live with if we can pretend that it never happened.

It would be hypocritical, for example, to pretend that everyone in Western liberal democracies is enthusiastic about gay people or nudists what matters is that their rights be respected, not that everyone like them.

Fortunately, we are not there yet. But let us not pretend that Russia s military operations, which, to date, have been aimed solely at providing Russia with mastery over Syrian airspace and protecting its interests on the ground, are bolstering efforts to defeat the Islamic State.

Surely a more competent administration would be worried about addressing these more severe and urgent fiscal problems. Let s pretend that the United States had such a government.