Word: conly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Punctuation, too, becomes a crucial consideration: instead of calling for mommy, the new-age child must learn to cry for his (M)other. And don't forget con-junctions. The intertextual Grammer Rock must now instruct children in the mysterious 'either/or and simultaneously neither/nor.' Never fear that traditional values need fall by the wayside: discipline is still important, as every mother who has ever washed out her child's mouth with soap for saying "dualism" or "positivism" in the house can tell...
...leave Harvard tomorrow with the feeling that outstanding con- tributions made in this university to thedemocratic vision encourage the development of allof our people," the governor concluded...
Mario Cuomo is blessed -- or cursed -- with the ability to see both sides of any argument. As a lawyer, he was trained to plead pro and con and was always deft at making his case. As a man, he is inclined to argue inwardly, to question his motivations, his ambitions...
...little hope of getting a bed, and some have even come to scorn the shelters. Says Michael Brown, 24: "It stinks to high heaven in those places. They're just packed with people and when the lights go out, it's everybody for themselves." Michael, a short, self-described con man, has been living on the streets three years, ever since holding up a convenience store in Little Rock. He fled, fearing capture, but now misses the two young children he left behind. He says he is tired of the streets and plans to turn himself in to serve...
...expand their arsenals. Moreover, the rise in oil prices gave them billions to spend on whatever weapons they desired. "That's when the middlemen like Khashoggi really started to make their killings," says one Middle Eastern arms dealer. "It was the gold rush of the 20th century. Every con man in the world was in Arabia." Between 1970 and 1975, Lockheed alone paid Khashoggi $106 million in commissions. During this same period, he is said to have collected hundreds of millions from other corporations. Khashoggi, says Max Helzel, then vice president of Lockheed's international marketing, "became for all practical...