Word: cons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...like living in a little white cottage with a picket fence and roses." No. 2 was Michael Wilding, "who was much older than I was." No. 3 was Mike Todd, "a marvelous man. He had a joy, a vitality that was so contagious, so flamboyant. He was a real con artist. He could con the gold out of your teeth." No. 4 was Eddie Fisher: "I really thought for some idiotic reason that Eddie needed me. It turned out all we had in common was Mike...
...Con Ed wants to create a reservoir about 40 miles north of New York City by building a series of dikes around a natural basin near the Hudson River. It plans to pump water from the river into the reservoir during periods of low electrical demand and then allow it to flow back into the river when demand is high. On its way down, the water would drive large electric generators...
Opposition to the Con Ed project has come mainly from conservation groups, who claim that it would destroy the area's natural beauty...
...second objection Mr. Horvitz raises is that most of the players involved in House sports are of varsity or junior varsity caliber. This objection is not based on fact. Players with J.V. or varsity ability are exceptions rather than people who have participated in con-rules. We have strict rules preventing tests for Harvard from playing Inter-House sports. while there are still great differences in the ability of those who do play on the House level, these differences are not so great as to prevent all but a few people from participating...
...Erikson's own university. Harvard and Radcliffe are full of sociologists who debate the fine points of a woman's psychology--and of students who ignore one of the major points about her role. Whether or not subtle distinctions exist between the sexies, for some time our society will con- tinue to delegate the serious responsibility of running a home to the woman--and continue to depend on her success in accepting this responsibility...