Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President's scattered and largely impotent opponents charged that the constitution had been imposed by force and fraud. In fact, Marcos made his announcement at the very moment when the Philippine Supreme Court was considering a petition from a group of lawyers assailing the legality of the impending ratification. The justices seemed stunned by the action. Presumably, they were aware that one of the provisions of the new constitution is that Marcos may appoint and dismiss Supreme Court justices at will...
...voice not hushed); both and all to the same end: to keep their pride and joy worthy of being called The Greatest Show on Earth. And so it is with the Breakfast Daily. Just to have one's name on the list of editors is a fraud and a delusion. A long column of neatly printed names means nothing if all our members are only dead wood to be thrown into our beautiful dingy fireplace. However, if you are with it, the Crimson does pay, and emphatically...
...Monstrous, painful, agonizing, a bottomless abyss of malice, deceit, fraud and greed," said Novelist Taylor Caldwell (Dear and Glorious Physician) of her 72 years on earth. She hoped there was no such thing as reincarnation, she told Occultologist Jess Steam (Edgar Cayce-The Sleeping Prophet), so she wouldn't have to go all through it again. Just to see if it hadn't happened once or twice before, though, they agreed to have her hypnotized. According to Stearn, who has just published a book about the phenomenon (The Search for a Soul), Miss Caldwell began recalling no less...
Chafee spent his last campaign like a young political warrior who knows he has to come from behind. On a helicopter tour of the state he took with him Republican state Attorney General Richard Israel who announced a "Vote Fraud Strike Force" that would diligently watch for any voting irregularities Chafee believed that the race would be extremely close and accordingly mapped out his tactics as though every vote represented the crucial margin of victory...
Resentment against McGovern's spending and welfare plans is also widespread, and it is by no means confined to people who are affluent or white or both. Christine Trice, a black who is a dressmaker in Los Angeles, asserts: "There is so much fraud in welfare and no incentive to get a job. Welfare needs cutting down, but McGovern seems to want to add to it. Paying for it will come out of the pockets of working people." In Miami, Leonard Lang, a student and part-time clerk says: "I'd very much like to know what happens...