With the arrogance of the zealot, they act as if they were laws unto themselves.
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Mr. Obama took great pains to act as if he barely knew about Acorn.
To act as if Facebook is the only actor using facial recognition is ludicrous, though.
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But the Americans act as if every Iranian inside Iraq were there to import weapons.
You might not have chosen it, but why not take control and act as if you had?
Too often they act as if their job as communicators is done once an initiative is announced.
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They act as if their colleagues and underlings are enemies and try to stop them from getting promoted.
If we were outside discount stores people would almost act as if they were caught in the act.
And we cannot afford to just past them over, ignore them and act as if they don't exist.
To paraphrase the old Jesuit dictum: Act as if you have community, and community will be given to you.
Neighbors hire other people to make noise for them, then act as if the yard guys are freelance sociopaths.
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It means they may act as if half the world has simply disappeared.
Now we are inclined to act as if we always understood and approved of a world instilled with new innovation.
We now have a two-party agreement to act as if the central economic challenge of our time has been resolved.
Bailouts have worked so far in this crisis, and capital markets continue to act as if they are the solution.
The appeals process can continue, but until the appeal, the government must act as if Feldman's order will be upheld.
On the House side Nancy Pelosi and Jack Murtha act as if the troops are the problem and not the terrorists.
Afterward, Boeheim reminisced at length, but he also smiled and tried to act as if he wasn't going to miss it.
Today, investors have to decide whether to act as if the crisis will pass, or as if it will cause another crash.
Neighbors act as if noise pollution is socially acceptable: You blow your leaves, I'll blow mine, and never the twain shall meet.
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But the senior Catholics who are hosting the pope do not talk or act as if they had laurels to rest on.
Israeli regulators act as if they are in the Third World .
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People often act as if noise pollution is an annoying fact of life, like taxes or death or PBS fundraisers involving James Taylor.
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People act as if there has already been a collapse in the financial markets as there was in 2008 following the demise of Lehman.
U.S. officials often talk and act as if the mere fact of Arafat's participation in the process establishes that his intentions are peaceful.
The key is to act as if you are the convener of the event and it is your job to make everyone comfortable.
Further, politicians act as if the rates, enacted in phases in 2001 and 2003, represent some grand deviation from the norm whether good or villainous.
Snapping in a new card will make your phone act as if it's a local phone, complete with a local phone number and local rates.
Clinton and her supporters now discount all of that and act as if they were always champions of the "disenfranchised" voters in Florida and Michigan.
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