Word: shamming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some students said they think that the grand jury's decision to drop charges proves that there is little evidence for the Brown women's claims. "I think that if they got off, [the alleged assaults] must have been a total sham," said one student who wished to remain unidentified...
...case of the earlier proposal, however, the prospects for last week's offer seemed bleak. Najibullah bluntly qualified the initiative, stating that "if someone continues to fire, he will get a fitting rebuff." Mohammed Nabi Mohammedi, the rebels' chief spokesman, labeled the cease-fire offer a "sham" and immediately rejected...
...lonely man and his pride is that you will treat him as a proud man or be very sorry you ever saw him. He talks as the man of his age talks--that is, with rude wit, a lively sense of the grotesque, a disgust for sham, and a contempt for pettiness...
...application to the high court, Grutnam complained that "the public largely perceives the situation to be one in which the defamers prevailed." He also said Jacob's action makes "a sham" of the verdict...
...both counts, the House bill is a significant improvement over the sham bill the NRA blew by the Senate last summer. The House bill retains the ban on interstate handguns and ends forever the sale and transfer of machine guns. It also keeps open the possibility of surprise inspections for gun dealers. All of these have been hotly contested by the NRA, and hearings or no hearings, many Congressmen were wise to the implications...