Word: scam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard extensive monies for services which are not being rendered. But in a more human sense, I am a student at a University which I trust to spend my tuition money to best educate me. If there were unlimited resources, I would not begrudge grad students the chance to scam Harvard for free food and housing. But that scam comes at a sacrifice--a sacrifice borne by undergraduates...
...midst of an intensive police investigation, Exxon announced last week that it would offer a "substantial reward" for information leading to the executive's safe return. There are no allegations that Reso, a stable family man who has spent holidays working behind soup-kitchen counters, is off on a scam of his own. "There's nothing to indicate a voluntary disappearance," said a spokeswoman in the Morris County prosecutor's office. Law-enforcement officials indirectly acknowledged receipt of a ransom note after the New York Post reported that a letter claiming responsibility for Reso's abduction had been issued...
...BEGAN AS A SCAM. SEVERAL CRATES, ALL INNOcently marked "Reptiles," were flown from Lagos, Nigeria, to the U.S. Their secret cargo: 1,000 Giant African Snails, considered by experts to be the most dangerous land snail in the world. By the time authorities knew they were in the country, the gastropods had slipped out to animal dealers in 25 states from Florida to Montana...
...remain the Sammy Man in college with my friends--although some of them have either shortened it to "Sammy" or concocted embarrassing variations on the name. Some call me "Clammy Man" because my hands are often cold and sweaty. Others joke by saying "Hey, Scammy Man!"--although I scam on women about as much as Mr. Rogers does...
...scam becomes popular among professionalsuntil enough of them become aware of theprocedure," Johnson said. Then the conartists moveon to other tricks, he said