Word: faking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...converted it into a revealing kind of private playland. Pushbuttons control all manner of gadgets: lighting panels on every floor, a laser-disk stereo system that can be turned on by infrared signals from any room. And in the back patio, a Jacuzzi whirlpool bath stands surrounded by fake boulders. McGowan admired the props in the polar bear cage at the National Zoo and ordered some for himself. The whole place suits the style of the man who, on once being asked what MCI stood for, said, "Money coming...
...When you talk about a professional athlete losing it," Bob Cousy says, "it comes down to what he can settle for. In the individual sports, you lose it more quickly, or show it more. In a team concept, it's not that you can fake it exactly, but you can hide the subtle decline better. I did." This is more than surprising because, when Cousy retired against the Boston Celtics' wishes in 1963, the common feeling was that he was still on top of his game, one of those considerate treasures who chose the time grandly. "I chose...
...found in every business and social institution from Palermo to Catania, their hands behind countless murders. Puzo offers swatches of sad history and exotic sociology. Mussolini nearly wiped out the Mafia, but the U.S. Army ensured its comeback when it unlocked Fascist prisons. Kidnaping is a cottage industry, monks fake relics, and omertà, the code of silence, is so pervasive that strangers often cannot get directions to their hotels. Casting a large shadow over all this is Puzo's Don Croce Malo, a model of the fatal charm and intricate cunning of a successful mafioso...
Cabot-North scored a two point conversion on a fake kick when the ball was snapped straight to kicker Ned Scharples, who ran it in for the score...
...current bank notes were around for so long they had become an easy target for counterfeiters. The new ones will be tougher to fake. They each have a spray of colors, 15 for the 10,000 yen note alone, and larger watermarks. For the blind, they will bear their value in braille. One problem with the new bills is that vending machines, where the Japanese buy everything from railroad tickets to whisky, will have to be converted to accept the new currency...