Word: connessed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spun into his summa of non-books come from. All the supposed Hughes letters, now clearly revealed as forgeries, and all the affidavits of supposed meetings with Hughes had helped Irving create an atmosphere of verisimilitude. But the essence of its apparent validity-and the key to the big con job-had been the words in the manuscript itself. Several experienced editors and publishers at McGraw-Hill and LIFE magazine had read Irving's work and found it convincing in its tone and above all its remarkable wealth of detail about Hughes' complex life. It seemed beyond mere...
...Con Ed has spent more than $20 million to defend this losing project. An equal amount will be required to take it further and an estimated $500 million to take it to completion. The power company has dropped the project from its ten-year development plans and appears to be supporting it merely to save face with its stockholders...
...Harvard commitment to fight the taking of its bequeathed land for environmental rape at this time--as the case heads for the United States Supreme Court--could be effective not only in making Con Ed think twice about pursuing its white elephant further, but also in establishing, for once an environmentally sound policy for the University...
There is also money involved. "As I understand it, if Con Ed wins the land will be taken by eminent domain. They would take the land, and we would try to arrive at a price. If no agreement could be reached, the courts would decide the price," Steiner said...
...Another Con Ed plan, Steiner said, would be to purchase the entire forest, take the 230 acres it needs for its project and donate the rest to the Palisades Park System, with the University retaining research rights. In this way, the University would gain financially without losing a large portion of its land...