Word: conned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...looked upon the controversy as something that someone else will fight for so long that it may soon have to make a decision for itself. And the Administration realizes that no matter what decision it makes--to sell the part of Harvard's Black Rock Forest needed by Con Ed, to fight the project, or not to decide at all--it will make enemies somewhere...
Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, has insisted repeatedly that "no decision is imminent." But it seems doubtful that Con Ed will break ground without assurances from Harvard that the needed land will be sold...
...time being, the University is favoring no side at all. Steiner said last week that he has found no data to support the contention that the acreage desired by Con Ed "is in any way essential to the forest--it's not as if 50 per cent is going to be taken...
...Clifford Irving must pass his now dusty "Con Man of the Year" award to another deserving trickster, Richard Nixon...
...Tigers' most reliable pinch hitters. "1 was able to take advantage of my opportunity," he says, "and I hope LeFlore can too." He had also best take advantage of opposing pitchers: after two weeks with the Clinton Pilots, LeFlore was batting a dismal .125. The ex-con rookie is confident that his hit ting will improve once he overcomes a slight case of nerves and gets accustomed to playing night games. In prison, he explains, the floodlights were not used for baseball...