Word: cons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also points a finger at the "relaxation of moral codes" as a reason for "increased deception." Yet this famous "relaxation" means in practice that Americans have been freed from 19th century sexual taboos - and 19th century hypocrisy. Finally, when was this Golden Age when Americans did not attempt to con and cheat one another? In the days of Tammany Hall perhaps? Or when slaveholders wrote of the self-evident truth that all men are created equal...
...President cannot be an expert on every detail in the economy, every detail in the defense, every detail in foreign policy. He does not have to be a scientist or a computer expert. He has to have good judgment as he listens to the arguments pro and con, as he asks questions of people who are making a presentation. He knows that Mr. A is the best economist he can get, who is objectively giving him the options, or Mr. B is a totally competent Secretary of Defense or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and will give...
...must wait ten years. Once the required interval has elapsed, the applicant submits a petition and a $30 filing fee to a judge, who must schedule a hearing within 60 days. If there are no objections from the police or other agencies, the request is usually granted. The ex-con's criminal record is then sealed, rather than destroyed. It may be consulted in the future by judges and certain other officials, but not by employers or other private persons. Anyone who illegally releases such files can be fined...
...twenty-four hours at a time," Wilson said, describing his deprogramming experience. "One man would sit with his face twelve inches from me, bring a lamp up to my ear and launch into a third degree, accusing the church's spiritual leader Moon, of being Satan incarnate, a con-man and a snake. They ripped Reverend Moon's picture, and told me I was a pimp, a prostitute and a piece of trash...
...commonplace that one must wonder whether society's very capacity to believe is not being gradually undermined. It has taken a drubbing in recent decades. Watergate yesterday, Abscam today (see NATION). In between, the people's credulity has been hounded by far more than the usual con games and rackets. The pathetic fact is that Americans seem to be resorting more and more to preying, with methodical duplicity, on other Americans...