Word: rig
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...indictment charged that the defendants arranged during a series of clandestine meetings in hotel rooms between 1955 and 1961 to subtly rig the thousands of "extra" charges that steel companies make for tailoring sheets to specific size, shape, weight, quality and chemical or metallurgical content. Such extras account for 16% of the $2 billion-a-year carbon-sheet business done by the eight firms...
...took an hour to do six people, because the girl from Massachusetts had trouble with "I'm from Alabama," and because Angus, the soundman, couldn't figure how to rig the low-cut dresses with the microphone...
...then drove into town to call company officials. They notified President Stephens immediately, told the geologists to keep in daily touch. The company officials who got the news then swore themselves to secrecy. They had trees planted in and around the drill holes to conceal the site, moved the rig to a new location and left a worthless core on the ground to confuse any possible snoopers...
...carpet in the drawing room of Windsor Castle, then asked 120 chums over for a dinner of hors d'oeuvres and turkey. Main course was the frug, to the big beat played for Their Highnesses by a disk jockey who rents himself and his $3,000 hi-fi rig for just such occasions. Party over, host and hostess hopped off with Prince Philip to Liechtenstein for a few days of skiing-but not before taking in a Paris hoite, where Princess Anne relaxed enough over a glass of red Margaux (vintage: '53) to toss kisses...
...Ford adds stars, subplots and other furbelows that crucially impede the action. Among them is a hilarious cameo performance by James Stewart, who right around intermission time pops up in Dodge City for an irrelevant but clearly intentional spoof of Wyatt Earp. He guzzles, gambles, wisecracks, finally rides his rig out to drive off the Injuns, cheered on by a wagonload of painted ladies...