Word: hoax
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While the note may very well turn out to be a hoax in a country with no shortage of pranksters, its sentiments reflect a commonly shared notion that Arguello, while a brilliantly graceful fighter and undisputed national icon, got in over his head in the world of Sandinista politics. In the end, it wasn't boxing or drugs, but rather politics, that made the champ...
...stoked fears of a return to the sectarian conflict of the past. Two days later, a policeman was killed in Craigavon, County Armagh - the first police officer to be shot dead in the province in 12 years. And a series of low-level disturbances in April - petrol bombs, hoax devices, car-jackings - showed that dissident republicans, although small in number, remained intent on disrupting life in post-conflict Northern Ireland...
Foxx, Rep. Virginia •notion that Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay is exposed by as a "hoax that continues to be used as an excuse for passing" hate crimes legislation...
...help you out gratis, but the Coast Guard itself will only tow you in as a last resort - in which case you'll get unstranded for free.) In fact, the only time that the Coast Guard gets money back for rescues is when they are the victim of a hoax - like in the uniquely bizarre case of a middle schooler radioing in an emergency from the back seat of a school...
...reached for comment. Wednesday’s incident is not Harvard’s first run-in with suspicious letters this year. In late January, Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz received a letter containing a suspicious white powder, a threat that turned out to be a hoax. Since the anthrax scares of 2002, threatening mail has become a popular method for turning an innocuous letter into a alarming—if not always lethal—terrorism device. —Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu...