Word: conned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Flexible Method. The first pro-con page-on the subject of free public transit-appeared last December, and others have run on a once-or twice-a-week basis ever since. Dealing with topics as diverse as faculty tenure and garbage collection, the format has provided a flexible method for airing complicated subjects. An eight-part series on the presidential race, for instance, presented both the Nixon and McGovern positions on basic issues. In contrast with the known views of St. Petersburg voters, Times editorials endorsed the McGovern stand seven times out of eight, but because the Republican side...
...con policy has stirred new respect for the paper that local conservatives once dubbed the "St. Pete Pravda" for its liberal views. "The Times has never been known to show both sides in the past," says Republican Congressman C.W. Young. "Now they're doing it." State Senator Richard Deeb, an opponent of busing to promote integration, adds: "It doesn't hurt half as much when they blast me when they spell out my side...
Acrobatics. In late October a member of the St. Petersburg city council asked the Times to prepare a pro-con page on a proposed runway extension to accommodate private jets at the city's small airstrip, an issue that was coming up for council consideration. The Times complied, presented reasons for and against the expansion, then opposed it editorially. Ultimately, the council approved the project, but at least the Times editorial page has begun to earn the kind of attention Pittman desired...
Under the affirmative action program, colleges and universities holding con- tracts with the Federal Government, of which Harvard has over $60 million worth, must survey their personnel lists for imbalances in the hiring of women and minorities in comparison to white males...
...odds. Together they tour the tank town rodeo circuit, always following the same strategy. Tom (Frederic Forrest) takes a tumble on his first ride, and Red offers high odds on the next event. The cowboys eagerly plunk their money down, and Tom rides flawlessly. It is a profitable little con, but Tom had something more conventional in mind. Fed up, he finally deserts Red and becomes a main attraction at the "big shows" like Pendleton and Odessa. Called "Killer" because he rides the horses way past the sound of the buzzer until they finally drop dead from the strain...