Word: scamming
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...scheming Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) and his nervous pal Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) that he can be impersonated--at least long enough to fool the Dublin official who comes to Tully More (pop. 51) to verify Ned's claim. Eventually the whole village is in on the scam. To Jones' credit, the locals are not afflicted by the Irish curse--terminal whimsy--and his rendering of their sly cupidity as they grasp at good fortune puts a satirical edge on what could easily have been no more than a cute fable...
...Alarmist starts as a modified Robin Hood where "the den" is a circa 1954 sushi restaurant, and the merry men have been compressed into several burglar alarm sales-people bent on income redistribution. Anyone familiar with Los Angeles will realize the timeliness of their "rob the rich" scam in which Heinrich Grigoris (Greg Tucci) boosts the sales of his alarms by staging robberies in the neighborhood of his potential clients. The twist in Grigoris' scheme is Tommy, the new salesman played with adorable, bumbling style by David Arquette. The real credit in The Alarmist must go to the actors. Like...
...dubious purposes such as those fueled by political correctness. For having done what I considered a good deed, I was suddenly on the defensive. Was I a naif, unaware of what everybody on the inside knows, that Harvard is foisting on its alums a fund-raising scam? Perhaps those snooty Faculty classmates were right in ridiculing my expectation that they should be expected to contribute...
...Alarmist starts as a modified Robin Hood where "the den" is a circa 1954 sushi restaurant, and the merry men have been compressed into several burglar alarm salespeople bent on income redistribution. Anyone familiar with Los Angeles will realize the timeliness of their "rob the rich" scam in which Heinrich Grigoris (Greg Tucci) boosts the sales of his alarms by staging robberies in the neighborhoods of potential clients. The twist in Grigoris' scheme is Tommy, the new salesman played with adorable, bumbling style by David Arquette. A natural at the hook, the Tommy's moral sensibilities are deeply troubled...
...course, some are still put off by the online world's confusing terminology or by equipment that is hard on arthritic hands. Others are wary of scam artists who prey on their age group. But for many seniors, the Internet has provided a sense of community that they are hungry for. It has given them a new perspective on life...