Word: conned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...state of California might as well have executed Harris on the 50-yd. line at half time of the Super Bowl -- the two moral constituencies, pro-death penalty and con, cheering or shrieking from either side of the stadium, the federal judiciary hovering overhead like a black blimp. When Harris was finally dead, America saw the postgame show: witnesses to the execution describing how the prisoner may or may not have mouthed the words "I'm sorry" to the father of one of the victims; breathed the fumes; convulsed and drooled; then died...
...professors disagreed with the earlier letter's claim that the recent parody of murdered feminist scholar Mary Joe Frug's piece in the spoof edition of the Law Review was a symptom of a larger problem of sexism at the Law School. The piece con- tained what critics claimed to be misogynisticand insensitive comments...
...year-old taste buds still weren't very mature (Pizza Hut rated higher than four star restaurants in Chinatown), but once a sip of syrupy Coke had settled the last of the perfect gravy-con-carrot-beef-potato mixture in my stomach, they recognized a new, wonderful sensation...
...escapism is more timeless: this is an all-black show with absolutely no references to white people, pro or con. The nearest it comes to relevance is a rudimentary feminism, at one point disavowing the sexism of some of the vintage numbers. One can get all humorless and huffy about the feathered costume for Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens and the rest of the cheery inanity. One can insist that the theater be meaningful and memorable. Or one can, more sensibly, check one's higher consciousness at the door and have a shallow but rollicking time...
Seldom do programs consist of speakers pro and con; rather the occasions celebrate the politics of the organizers. Any in the audience bold enough to question the prevailing sentiments are hectored...