Word: rip-off
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...culture (he dismissed Rome's Colosseum as having "a remarkable permanency"). The hearty Fielding style was sometimes irritating, but his advice about potential surprises helped nervous travelers feel at home abroad. He was lavish with both praise and blame, lauding Greek tavernas and Dutch honesty and censuring rip-off artists like Venetian gondoliers, whom he called "surly, devious, tip-hungry ruffians...
...silhouette of what appear to be jazz musicians and dancers on a ghetto street, the figures appear to laugh and then howl in anguish as the light changes. But another wall, a mural of floating patio furniture and suburban houses, is more than a bit obvious--it suggests a rip-off of the Rolling Stones' "Still Life" album cover. A third wall features a mural of haunting faces in the style of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo...
...fear of losing such no-cost services as frost warnings. Scientists are concerned not only that the amount of data available for weather research will dwindle drastically, but that the U.S. will no longer exchange meteorological information freely with other nations. Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader calls the plan "a rip-off of the American taxpayer" because, as the Administration acknowledges, the Government would buy back up to 95% of the data from the new owner...
...toward tourists that used to prevail," said Thomas Richardson, the former president of the Aspen Skiing Corp. "People put their heads in the sand and said, 'We're the best.' Suddenly, we're not No. 1 any more. Now Aspen has a reputation as a rip-off community." The town's troubles are not likely to lead to a bust similar to the one Aspen experienced after Congress repealed the Sherman Silver-Purchase Act in 1893. But the Silver Queen is, as Cab Driver Dave Knowles puts it, "getting a good dose of reality...
...cost increases. General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, which built the most recent $1.2 billion Trident submarine (50% over budget) and 18 nuclear attack submarines, was the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for overrun claims. Navy Secretary John Lehman last August called the costs a "rip-off." But early this year charges were dropped, and Lehman said the Navy has contracted with Electric Boat to build six more Tridents because the company had improved its controls on workmanship and materials...