Word: fobbed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blameworthy director is Michael Rudman, but the greater responsibility lies with Papp. A public subsidy is a public trust. So is a private grant. These ought to be regarded as incentives to dramatic excellence, not as an opportunity to fob off shoddy aesthetic goods on the gullible...
...French bring a new language to international crime; the army of ordinary racketeers, for instance, is known simply as the "milieu." The Corsican gang boss ordinarily carries his identification in plain sight-a watch-fob medallion bearing the Moor's-head crest of Corsica. Like the Mafia, the Union Corse has a code of honor, the word of a gangster is supposed to be his bond. The difference is that Mafiosi are forever doublecrossing each other-hence the present gang war in New York-while the Corsicans usually keep their word. Members of the Mafia usually submit internal disputes...
Worse still would be the news that he had been reclassified a Cetus, a sun sign that points to no personality traits whatever and cannot be found, embossed or appliquéd, on a single charm bracelet, watch fob, dish towel or shower curtain. Nonetheless, such a possibility now exists. So says Steven Schmidt, whose book, Astrology 14 (Bobbs-Merrill; $4.95), not only shifts the old signs to different dates but also adds two more constellations to the Zodiac...