Word: cheating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...statements he made about the Soviet Union in his first news conference as president in 1981, Reagan said in exasperation, "That was four leaders back before this one. I think there have been some changes." He had said in 1981 that the Soviets reserved the right to "lie and cheat and do anything else to achieve their ends." Since then, three Soviet leaders have died--Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko...
...Post want ads, he asked how anyone could not have a job with all those openings. Presidential candidates and other politicians desperately try to avoid the appearance of defending the poor, presumably for fear of losing their elections. Defending the poor is now tantamount to defending the stereotypical welfare cheat...
...after all, never make mistakes. We never cheat to get ahead. Temptation does not tempt...
...Brown has wrapped his knee with a bandage and hobbled with a cane, which brought him $200 in one week. After a brief hospitalization for pancreatitis, he wore his infirmary bracelets like a badge and pulled in $100. Although he professes faith in God, Brown will even cheat the churches: not long ago, he and a buddy collected nearly $75 when they made the rounds of local houses of worship with a former employer's business card and a tale of a job waiting if they could only get bus fare...
...hope you'll notice how pale I am. I've been sitting, staring at a blank wall," Simic said. "The poet sitting over a blank page is a panic figure similar to the one in the Woody Allen joke about the person trying to cheat on a metaphysics exam...