Word: conning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dunster's six, with a 9-3-1 record, will play Pierson at Yale. Pete Hoagland will start at center, Con McNeil and Jack Hobbes at right and left wing...
...Your handling of the agricultural issue is positively unfair ... I hear this farm situation discussed pro and con 20 times a day, and I haven't the answer to our trouble, but I do know that partisan reporting will only harm us. Delve into this deal a little deeper. You'll find Ed Murrow knew what he was talking about...
...wearisome 'get-together' affair . . . Hymns were (and are) extremely disagreeable to me. Of all musical instruments I liked (and like) the organ least." But apart from such culture crotchets. Surprised by Joy is a crisply logical, eloquent statement of faith that makes one man's con version as convincing as it is ever likely to be to another. Lewis is a special type. And yet there is universal meaning in his description of his final crisis of faith...
...Con. The bill's supporters argued that gas production is a competitive business (there are more than 5,000 producers, with the largest 100 companies having some 80% of the market) and therefore should not be subjected to public utility rate-making processes...
...York Times Washington Correspondent James ("Scotty") Reston, more often a critic than an applauder of the Administration, ventured no prediction, but concluded three pro and con articles on "The Big Question" with more cons than pros. Reston reasoned that none of the President's most trusted advisers would want to play the devil's advocate in urging Ike not to run. Stepping into the breach, Reston listed nine reasons why Ike should not run, against six for running...