Word: cons
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...Surprisingly, there is no systematic collection of data on these encounters: no official figures on animal deaths, crashes caused, or associated costs. And unlike in the U.S. and Canada, where such research abounds, there are few preventive measures in place. Con-sequently, Australians hit animals at five or six times the rate of their North American cousins...
...Insisted on holding a boom box blaring In Your Eyes outside his bedroom window at night B) Sent letters over his fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside C) Kept asking him to explain his character's motivation in Con Air D) Is really Jack Black in tights promoting Nacho Libre door to door...
...Eric hasn't broken promise...about leaving each other alone... You told me of past problem with another boy; have you checked with his parents? ... We feel victimized, too.... Manipulative... Con artist...
Where did Jerri come from? Paul [Dinello], Steve [Colbert] and I had an idea to do a show based on after-school specials. Paul found this old documentary about a 46-year-old woman who was an ex-prostitute ex-con who delivered antidrug messages at schools. I told the wardrobe woman I wanted to look like someone who owned a snake...
...Year is 1932, and Diego, 17, a Mexican orphan, has been adopted by a gang of Coney Island, N.Y., con artists. He has been rechristened Ondoo by his mentors and trained to incant Hindu mumbo jumbo during the séances they stage to bilk millionaires on Long Island's Gold Coast. But their scams turn sour when a young girl goes missing, leaving a trail that leads to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the dark chapter of its history that today's gene scientists don't like to talk about. Ford, who teaches literature at a New Jersey community college...