Word: suckering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...team. What San Diego couple, you ask? Why, the very one that had originally intended to visit the island nation of Kiribati, conveniently located near the international date line, so the wife could receive a Caesarian section once the clock struck midnight, of course. Yeah, aren't you a sucker you didn't think of that one first...
...coming to grips with the reality that the Knicks will not win the title this season; that in all likelihood they will not make the Conference Finals. But I'm equally certain that they'll persuade me along the way that they have a legitimate chance, they'll sucker me into devoting hours of bright spring afternoons to brawny, sloppy Knick-ball...
...best suited to negotiate the final status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip? He argues that the Wye accord proves he can make peace, and that it is better to have a right-winger bargain over the final pact than a leftist who will make a sucker deal. It's a powerful argument, Netanyahu knows, and one that keeps him in the running...
...Microsoft case, and the highlights from the first half don't look good -- full of clips of Microsoft lawyers and flacks fumbling nearly everything the feds threw their way. Of course, since the government closed its case Monday, and Microsoft gets to put on its own witnesses, only a sucker could predict the winner. Yet so far, the feds have clearly scored most of the points. "David Boies put on a solid case for the government, maybe a little better than expected," says TIME's Adam Cohen. "Of course, this is only halftime, and we have no idea what Microsoft...
...skin-tight leather pants, Persson sang with harnessed intensity and a flirtatious half-smile, as if her very appearance were a wicked, illicit joke between her and the audience. For the dark, menacing songs about the hardness of love that she presented, the coy, harsh delivery was like a sucker punch; she could talk about love's cruel ways not because she was the injured lover, but because she was the cruelty of love in the flesh...