Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more thorough analysis, however, suggests that this alternative was designed only for manipulation of the Freshmen. At first, a faction within the Council proposed that the "I don't know" response be regarded as a negative vote. The deviousness of the scheme is obvious: those without an opinion would in effect be casting a negative vote. Fortunately, the more conscientious members of the Council defeated this proposal...
...Patrick Lynch, 38, a New York City fireman, told another, much more bizarre story. Lynch insisted that some time before the supposed abduction he met young Sam in a bar and began a homosexual relationship with him; eventually, says Lynch, Bronfman blackmailed him into joining in a fake kidnaping scheme aimed at extorting money from his father. The second defendant, Dominic Byrne, 54, a limousine-service operator, claimed that Lynch "duped" him into assisting in Bronfman's disappearance...
...believes George when he tells about the dead man, but, of course, there really was one. He had been dispatched by a whole carload of villains led by a well-tailored richie called Devereau (Patrick McGoohan), who is embroiled in an unlikely scheme to protect his art forgeries. Suspense movies are not supposed to make perfect sense, but it is always nice when they come close. Hiller and Higgins toy with sorting out the plot only for the sake of appearances and waste a good deal of energy reaching for laughs. The result is compounded confusion, relieved only...
McKinney dismissed charges of cocaine possession against Richard Miller, saying the case against Miller was "predicated upon a statutory scheme which violates defendant's rights to due process...
According to recently published reports, the KCIA has for the past five years conducted an extensive lobbying and bribery campaign aimed at forestalling increasing demands for U.S. military disengagement from South Korea. The KCIA was aided in its influence peddling scheme by the Nixon administration, which provided a target list of 90 key Congressmen and Senators...