Word: rip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...required sourcebook for Introduction to American Government which, according to government concentrator Novisi Atadilea '99, is a $124 rip...
...freshman than to see a movie which features the topical and knee-slapping narration provided by the Crimson Key Society....Here are some of the other typically uplifting movies CKS [The Crimson Key Society] will be showing in the future, and transcripts of more of the same kind of rip-roaring comments you have come to expect...
...questioning the health of Social Security, money has poured into the stock market. It's not gamblers' money but real people's, and one day it'll be needed to buy real things like cars and toasters and to keep the economy humming. A crisis in confidence stemming from rip-off artists in the markets could have far-reaching consequences. "The threat to the system now begins to escalate," says sec enforcement chief William McLucas...
...Aaron Levin, who owns an independent long-distance company in Castle Rock, Colorado, tore up an application for a $25,000 line of credit with no annual fee when he saw that he would incur an immediate finance charge each time he used the card. "It's frankly a rip-off," Levin says. "It's packaged for someone who needs to make a big purchase and doesn't know where else to find the money...
...type tunes for girl groups and beach boys. Hanks' new film That Thing You Do!, about the Wonders, an imaginary pop group from Erie, Pennsylvania, features songs in the style of the Beatles, the Ronettes, the Ventures, Jan and Dean, even a little bogus Bacharach. And the ultimate British rip-off group, the Rutles, are cashing in on the Anthology with their own Archaeology CD--satire you can hum along with...