Word: scammed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...meanwhile, is masterly. He defined Mackey with his Mr. Clean physique, but his most valuable body parts are his eyes. To the end, as his options narrow and it becomes clear Mackey has destroyed everything he's tried to build, they dart about, looking for the exit, one last scam that will fix everything...
...Supreme Court lawsuit that is trying to stop this election - a lawsuit that, McRae says, the mainstream media is ignoring but certain blogs just can't resist. But as even one commenter on the "Citizen Wells" blog notes, the whole thing "does have a Nigerian email scam feel to it." McRae may have succeeded in getting the Shanksville 9/11 memorial design modified, if not eliminated but this effort, whoever may be behind the supposed lawsuit, is certainly a non-starter. - By Marty Levine / Pittsburgh
...polls might be predicting a good night for Democrats, but there have been a steady trickle of discomfiting articles over the last few weeks. There are rumors among African American early voters in Florida that their votes will never be counted, that early voting is but a scam to disenfranchise them. Around the country, new voters are being told that their registrations may not even be processed on time. And then there’s Ohio: The state uses more provisional ballots than any other. If you show up to a Buckeye State polling booth with a wrong...
...environment writer, I have always been doubtful of the value of "ecotourism." It seemed harmless at best, a scam at worst - a way to assuage the guilty conscience of travelers spending thousands of dollars to jet off to exotic locales. It was never clear to me, for instance, whether ecotravel was really any different from normal travel, except maybe for the involvement of more elephants and fewer cocktails on the beach. (And not even that, necessarily...
...wildlife that is found nowhere else on Earth and a prodigious variety of climates and vegetation that makes it virtually a planet unto itself. Ecology is what defines Madagascar - and what I discovered there, among other things, is that ecotourism when properly managed is not only not a scam, but a boon to conservation...