Word: conned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Con Brio--the Willow, 699 Broadway, Somerville...
...their own; others are only vaguely aware of the specifics of the debate over standardized testing. But the people who govern admissions tend to share a common perspective on the SAT debate: You can find a handful of studies to endorse any position--pro or con--and at this point, there isn't enough evidence to prompt a retreat from reliance on the test...
There was Ragen, the psychotic and angry rapist; Arthur, a rational and emotionless Englishman (replete with accent): Allen, the con man; Danny, the frightened adolescent; Adalana, the introverted lesbian (three of his personalities were female); Philip, the thug; Kevin, the planner; Walter, the Australian big-game hunter; Lee, the comedian; Bobby, the daydreamer; and some 14 others. By securing the confidence of Milligan's main incarnation, Billy, the doctors elicited from the defendant information about each of his personalities...
...hunter: Detective William Majeski, 36, of Manhattan's Ninth Precinct. The hunted: Jack Henry Abbott, 37, ex-con (bank robbery and murder), protege of Norman Mailer, and overnight literary sensation with the publication of his prison memoirs, In the Belly of the Beast. They came into conflict, unseen opponents, shortly before dawn on July 18. Answering a call for police help in the East Village, Majeski arrived to find the body of an aspiring actor named Richard Adan lying in the street. Adan, 22, had been stabbed after an argument that began in the restaurant where he worked nights...
...that window argue nevertheless that some of the $180 billion targeted for the programs might be better spent elsewhere. Chief of Staff Jones, for example, fears that the heavy commitment to the MX, B-l and Trident submarine programs will drain funds away from improving the nation's con ventional military forces. Indeed, there is one aspect of Reagan's proposals that draws universal agreement: the price tag is too low. Weinberger admitted last week that the cost of the six-year program was figured in 1982 dollars. By the time inflation takes its bite, he said...