Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peng is no longer considered a threat; he will soon be rotated out of his government job, though he will remain No. 2 in the party. Everyone expects his replacement to be Zhu Rongji, the Vice Premier and respected economic czar, who will be in charge of the shareholding scheme...
When Larry announces his plan to divide his farm among his three daughters-essentially a scheme to beat inheritance taxation-Rose accepts eagerly and Ginny goes along with her. Caroline, vastly separated from her sisters in age and experience, hesitates at the idea and is promptly disinherited by her father. She heads back to Des Moines with her suspicions of the transaction intact...
...didn't want it to look like an old boys club," Randall explains, noting that the color scheme and carpeting cannot be "typed...
Someone in the publishing industry has sauteed up an ingenious scheme: spear a celebrity for a book deal, cut ghostwriter costs by churning out recipes instead of paragraphs and voila!, instant profit. Riverhead editor Mary South puts it in gentler terms: "Cookbooks are a great way for celebrities to do a biography without having to do a tell-all." South will help Patti LaBelle, who was been known to rustle up a mean meal on the road, dish out her culinary secrets next year. Even a reed-thin celebrity who was never seen in an apron will...
...jail for having citizens killed as they tried to get over the Berlin Wall... Friendly Fire: Seventeen percent of violence-related injuries are caused by a friend or relative, according to a US Justice Department survey... I Am Not a Crook: Teamsters President Ron Carey denies knowledge of a scheme to launder illegal contributions into his election campaign... Will They Accept Delivery?: UPS makes a final contract offer to its strike-threatening pilots... Holy Crowd!: A million show up to hear the Pope preach in France despite criticisms of his visit falling on the anniversary of a 16th-century Roman...