Word: scheme
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...consequences of the Spanish invasion were of course profound and enduring. We can read about one of them in any recent newspaper: the peasants of Mexico's Chiapas province are rebelling against a landholding scheme that has remained essentially unchanged since it was imposed by the Spanish four bitter centuries...
...mere college students, the serious points we have to make on philosophical issues and policy issues are really unimportant in the overall scheme of things. If I want to read a sophisticated, well-reasoned opinion on U.S. policy towards China, I will turn to the Op-Ed page of the New York Times--not to The Crimson or any campus journal of opinion...
Walsh, the first Cambridge elected official to stand federal trial in a halfcentury, is accused of masterminding a scheme to defraud Dime Savings Bank of New York of $8 million. If convicted, Walsh faces up to 208 years in prison and $14.75 million in fines...
...Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter J. Mullion attempted to show Walsh's involvement in the scheme by asking him to identify investors who had approached him regarding the project...
City Councillor William H. Walsh has spent six weeks in the twelfth floor of the federal courtroom standing trial on 59 counts of bank fraud and conspiracy. Walsh allegedly masterminded a scheme to defraud Dime Savings Bank of New York of approximately $8 million...