Word: suckering
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...great teacher, Kelleher, said that whenever a girl child is born, and she looks up and sees her father peering dreamily into the crib, one word forms in her mind: sucker. I have never minded that either...
...mail messages he gets each day from kids hoping for contact with the screen idol. (Note to the Leo-struck: Gaskins has never communicated with the star or his handlers.) I would find all this very draining, but Gaskins does it for free. Is he a sucker? "I had someone appraise my site," he says. "The domain name itself is worth more than $75,000." Hmmm, maybe...
...wrong. Playing sports can teach important lessons about teamwork and striving, but it offers a career to only a relative handful of athletes. And until we put sports back into perspective, we're playing a sucker's game...
...Vegas casinos offer a dizzying number of propositions for betting on the Game. Here is just a small sample--yes, a small sample--of the "props" for which you can plunk down your money. The variety may offer new meaning to the saying "There's a sucker born every minute...
...fingers of "I told you so," and your own confidence slackens. Your quadriceps begin that low burning feeling and then you notice that your comrades are not so cohesive as before. You lower your head and try to power through the back-stretch. You refuse to become a sidelined sucker. You know you can run this race. But you can't. Midway through the straightaway, you hit the wall...