Word: conned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...power plants, factories and ships. The little-known New England Petroleum Corp. (Nepco), which owns 65% of Borco (Standard Oil Co. of California owns the rest), is a leading supplier of residual oil and other petroleum products to electric utilities in the Northeast, including New York City's Con Edison. The company also owns a string of 250 gas stations in Eastern Canada, operates wells in Abu Dhabi and Texas, and claims to have posted 1972 sales of $1 billion. Nepco President Edward M. Carey founded the company 38 years ago and remains sole owner...
...movie, set in Chicago and environs during the '30s, concerns a sophomore con man (Redford), a grizzled veteran con man (Newman) and their extravagant scheme to bilk a big-money hoodlum from New York (Robert Shaw). There is a tangle of subplots, some slothful suspense and an ending of telegraphed surprise...
...taken seriously, but many people may find it difficult even to enjoy the movie casually. It lacks the elements that could have given it true drive: a sense of an urban underworld, or of the Depression that sucked so many people into it; an understanding of the con man's pathology that goes beyond surface style and patter; a story that depends not on plot twists but on characters. The movie ends up with a lot of expensive sets and a screenful of blue eyes...
Single Reel. In their report, the ex perts held out little hope that the con versation can be recovered. But they must run further tests to be sure, as well as to determine if the tape was erased, spliced, edited or whether it is the original recording or a doctored copy. Many questions about the tape will be answered, at least partially, when the panel of experts makes its final re port to Sirica shortly after Jan. 1. Af terward, Sirica said, the panel will con tinue "its comprehensive study of the authenticity and integrity of the tapes in general...
...through the mails. But Golden rehabilitated himself and became editor of the now-defunct Carolina Israelite, parlaying his faith in the American system into bestselling fame in a 1958 book of essays called Only in America. Still, only a presidential pardon could erase the penalties of being an ex-con, so Golden applied for one. Last week President Nixon granted his wish. Golden then exercised one of his restored rights: he announced plans to run for the Charlotte, N.C., city council-as a Democrat...