Word: caper
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...coal but also in distribution rights to European films and a Namibian diamond mine. They funneled investment money through a string of paper corporations with headquarters in the U.S., and such offshore havens as the Cayman Islands and Curaçao. Although the current charges concern only the coal caper, which involved write-offs totaling $150 million, sources close to the case estimate that when all the allegedly bogus tax deductions peddled by the defendants are uncovered and toted up, the U.S. may be short between $500 million and $1 billion. That would make their swindles even bigger than...
...heart attack after undergoing surgery for removal of a cancerous tumor; in Juarez, Mexico. A graduate of a reform school and a Marine brig, McQueen was typecast for his tough roles, whether leading a prison escape (Papillon), masterminding a daring caper (The Thomas Crown Affair) or driving through a breakneck chase (Bullitt). His screen persona exemplified grace under pressure; he raised his fists but never his voice. He revealed last month that he was suffering from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer...
...Mountains." We have had Three Days of the Condor, one Day of the Jackal, even a Day of the Dolphin-all equally preposterous and plausible, thanks to the strapped imaginations of real-life bureaucrats. Who but a hack could have thought up 1978's Bulgarian defector "poison umbrella" caper in London? The first time a dolphin is hauled in for questioning, who will giggle...
...loving his brother through stress, as honest as a political human knows how to be, skillfully projecting his concern from his electronic stage to an estimated 65 million Americans. He was forceful in his conviction of his own rectitude and a master of every detail in the intricate caper of Billy, the wily and greedy buffoon...
...Libyan caper has left the White House reeling...