Word: hoax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe the Sullivan Principles to be a cruel hoax and an aid to apartheid...
Another bloody terrorist attack? Fortunately, no-only an elaborate hoax to demonstrate that just such an assault would be almost invitingly possible at Lejeune, home base of the Marine unit currently stationed off the shores of Lebanon...
...this year is like previous ones, the so-called "fools" will elicit smatterings of laughter during the week-long initiation process. Editors tell fools the pranks are a prelude to a final election--which they reveal as a hoax at the end of the week...
...Europe to Asia." Also, while warning against trade protectionism in both countries, Reagan strongly condemned a "domestic content" bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives before he left Washington that would severely restrict the sale of Japanese cars in the U.S. The bill, said Reagan, is "a cruel hoax. It would be raising prices without protecting jobs." In the unlikely event that the bill passes the Senate, Reagan has vowed to veto...
...Connor also criticized the referendum as vague, calling the title "a hoax," since there are no weapons actually created or stored in Cambridge...