Word: ruse
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...finally, might this whole business of "indefinite tabling" simply be a ruse on the part of the Masters to delay a change which they know will occur sooner or later? If so, we can only gnash our teeth while the wheels of progress grind exceeding slow. The student bodies of Harvard and Radcliffe, as well as this newspaper, have made it indisputably clear that interhouse dining would be a good thing and welcomed by everyone. What then is the point of postponing the advantages, financial, moral, social, aesthetic, and the rest? The students have demanded this change--and it should...
Died. Oscar ("Happy") Felsch, 73, key figure in the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" baseball scandal, the team's shagging center fielder who unwittingly broke open the mess, admitted helping throw the World Series to Cincinnati when he fell for a reporter's "all-the-others-have-confessed" ruse and angrily blurted: "Why those wise guys! At least I already have my $5,000"; of a liver ailment; in Milwaukee...
...that occasion, her protector was Raul, who was still fond of her, and warned her in time to flee into hiding in nearby Camagüey province until Fidel simmered down. It was probably Raul who also cleared the way for her final trip to Mexico. Her ruse of making a "visit" was far too flimsy to fool anyone. She took along 21 bags...
...arrived in New York and identified by police only as "Larry," was simply trying to help Weiner by scaring away the gang. Later Lar ry said bitterly: "I'm scared of my life up here in New York. It's safer in Mississippi." In any event, his ruse worked and the gang fled. A dozen of them were arrested afterward and charged with crimes ranging from malicious mis chief to assault and robbery...
...number of top Cabinet officers-including Food Minister S. K. Patil, Home Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri, and Finance Minister Morarji Desai -to resign, ostensibly to reorganize the party and revitalize its strength among the masses. But it is generally felt that Nehru actually intended the move as a ruse to shake out of the Cabinet all potential contenders for his post. Wise to the scheme, the ousted ministers set about building up personal followings for a succession fight...