Word: conned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...known in its gilded heyday as the train of kings. It also transported in regal splendor diplomats, divas and duchesses, the beau monde and the demimonde, maharajahs, moguls and con men, courtesans, couriers, private eyes and spies. Thundering across empires to the edge of Asia, the Orient Express was the most celebrated train in history. It retired ignobly in May 1977, aged 94, a shrunken outcast of the hurry-up age. Then, last May, it rose again in all its pristine opulence as a regularly scheduled year-round train luxe, plying between London and Venice. The once and future train...
...second vision that confirmed the necessity of Saturday worship (hence the name Seventh-day Adventists). Followers came to regard White's numerous visions and books as divinely inspired interpretations of the Bible, as well as a guide to proper views on everything from vegetarianism (pro) to Darwinism (con...
...dead for now and forever in this century," said a joyous Phyllis Schlafly, the amendment's leading foe, at a press conference in Washington. There was no conciliatory gesture to ERA backers, whom she termed "con men" and "vicious people...
...Helen, the situation is deeply unsettling. She is very pretty (unlike the real Helen) and close to John in age. The nearness of a man in the house has been a spring awakening to her womanhood. So much so, that she and John are almost con-initiators of a seduction scene. When leaves for good, he seems like a strange interlude in both women's lives. In a final tableau, Annie and Helen stand on a darkening stage, their white ankle-length dresses wrapped around them like sails whipped by the wind, knowing that the only safe harbor lies...
...just fine." The others wondered why he was studying religion and Asian history, not law or business. "The good friends I had at the gas station didn't really try to understand. They accepted the fact I went to Harvard, and laughed at it, and moved on." One ex-con shared the Saturday night chores with him. "It was very slow, so he brought a chess board with him...He'd learned to play chess in prison, and he was superb. I'm a lousy chess player, and he would best me every time. But we'd play for hours...