Word: conned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study argued that women on welfare wanted to work, but the time-con-suming activities of raising a family did not permit them to work low-wage jobs with inflexible hours...
...didn't add up that we would have Harvard professors on stage with him who have done very little to help his con- tinent," Fraser said...
...Having a con man at the helm is bad, but for some men having a doofus is even worse. What the guys around the radio wanted to know wasn't whether Bill Clinton had learned his lesson or put things right with God, but what his excuse was for his gross stupidity. Embattled on the legal and political fronts, the White House hasn't addressed this issue yet, which may be a mistake. If part of Clinton's charisma and appeal has stemmed from his James Bondish savoir faire--the impression he leaves of a double life well executed--what...
...there: We are not whom we play on TV. Exhibit A: Gillian Anderson, who in next month's The Mighty swaps the brusque, pensive smarts of X-Files' Dana Scully for the big-haired, gummy trashiness of Loretta Lee, the girlfriend of an ex-con played by Meatloaf. Yes, that Meatloaf...
...CON] Dangerous precedent: Stone might get stuck with Jim Garrison and Richard Nixon...