| 单词 | schemer |
| 例句 | As Scythe Faraday had said, the schemers only prevailed when the more high-minded body of the Scythedom allowed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Miraculously, Oskar Schindler, this complex man of many contradictions—Nazi opportunist, schemer, courageous maverick, rescuer, hero—had saved nearly 1,200 Jews from almost certain death. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The wise ones, the schemers, the compassionate, and those who did not seem to care. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There were Ponzi schemers and Christian cultists, Tabernacle fanatics and mathematical geniuses. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “We know the schemes of the schemers,” he told Rowan and Citra as he negotiated a jelly donut. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I'm a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I really don’t want to work with Cha-Cha. She is such an unsavory schemer.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z From the inconsistencies of his story it becomes clear that Wormley is a schemer hiding the truth. Review: Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Yes, there is a deep-bench cast of rogues and schemers supporting him. AP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The jokes are ancient — snooty people are clobbered; a schemer is bested; bird droppings get a starring role — but they’re pitched at the very young. Lost Cat Finds a Home in ‘Thunder and the House of Magic’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The elder Lear, known as H. K., was a self-assured schemer who was jailed in 1931 for trying to sell fake bonds, and who, after his release, remained a domineering influence in young Norman’s life. Norman Lear’s Memoir, ‘Even This I Get to Experience’ 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z For those who watched “High Society” a year ago, however, Ms. Rose came off as someone altogether different: a villainous schemer. Of Her Own Making 2011-06-08T17:21:22Z As with Shakespeare’s most potent schemer, you have to admire Spacey’s Underwood, at least a little. In Washington, the drama never ends Now in a vigorous new staging at Seattle Repertory Theatre, this pungently seamy visit to a Chicago junk shop zeros in on a trio of inner city scavengers and schemers. A vigorous new staging of Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo’ at Seattle Rep 2013-01-18T21:38:59Z John David Washington also stars as the Southern schemer Boy Willie — Jackson’s role in the play’s 1987 premiere — who is determined to sell off the family piano. What to See on Broadway in October 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z While the oafish men come off poorly, the treatment of women as nothing more than schemers and monstrous Martha Stewart clones seems woefully past its expiration date. Review: In ‘Home Sweet Hell,’ Married Life Isn’t Heaven 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But Ms. Constand said she had never spoken with the adviser, and prosecutors rebutted her characterization as a schemer. Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault in Retrial 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z People living on the fringes — loners and schemers — populate these brilliant and compulsively readable short stories. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z In Renaissance Europe, the very name of Machiavelli became an insult – to be a “machiavel” was to be a schemer, a conspirator, someone utterly without ethics or morals. “Game of Thrones” politics: Secret missions, desperate lies and the dangerous art of the double-cross 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z In 1902, the supreme court heard him described as "a professional advertising schemer" who had bought himself favourable press coverage – the coverage through which we remain obliged to read his life. A Man in a Hurry – by Nick Harris, Helen Harris and Paul Marshall 2012-06-29T21:55:06Z There are plenty of books out there that rehabilitate foxes, liberating them from their Aesop-era reputation as crafty schemers. Voice in the Wilderness 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z At heart, she’s a schemer, a brilliant doer, a fascinating counterpart to Olivia boiling with a frustration that must be tamped down firmly with booze, not gently with wine. Red Wine Is the Drink of Choice on ‘Scandal’ and ‘The Good Wife’ 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z In the thousands of fictional retellings of Henry’s reign — most of them focused on his ambitious second wife, Anne Boleyn — Cromwell is typically depicted as a ruthless schemer. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z Cookie is no shrew, nor is she a schemer. 'Empire' reigns among viewers on strength of characters and cast 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Regina Giddens, the ruthless Alabama schemer of Lillian Hellman’s scalding family drama, “The Little Foxes,” is the mountain Helgenberger is scaling. Marg Helgenberger, theater lover, gets the big break she’s been waiting for 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The Widow turns out to be a controlling schemer bent on sucking every dollar from her new daughter-in-law. Review | A writer reimagines the life of Joseph Stalin’s daughter after she defected to the U.S. 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z He was accused of being a schemer, of manufacturing scarcity, and among younger gallery owners there would be a backlash against his brand of showmanship. Books Of the Times: ?Leo & His Circle,? by Annie Cohen-Solal 2010-05-18T22:29:00Z Chuck and Bobby are schemers, and much of the fun of “Billions” comes from watching their game of three-dimensional chess. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 11: The Doctor Is In 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z It might not be fantasy, but the schemers and dreamers of Henry VIII's court would make even Tyrion Lannister think twice. Game of Thrones success has cable firms rushing to catch up 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z “Game of Thrones’” violent, vindictive King Joffrey, played by Irish actor Jack Gleeson, was one of the most atrocious characters on a show chock-full of killers, schemers and lowlives. “Game of Thrones’” Joffrey says he doesn’t watch the show, criticizes “unjust” misogyny 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Unless your husband is a real schemer, he didn’t provide free medical advice because he predicted needing real estate services in the future. Social Q’s: Social Q’s - Putting a Price on 25 Years of Friendship 2012-12-06T20:24:47Z If Caesar is the Roman emperor of Shakespeare’s play, then the understandably vengeful Koba is Cassius, a schemer with a mean and hungry look. REVIEW: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Who Needs Humans? 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Mark Evans, who played bass for AC/DC in the nineteen-seventies, once wrote that Malcolm was “the driven one … the planner, the schemer, the ‘behind the scenes guy,’ ruthless and astute.” The Brothers Who Built AC/DC 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z As much as the hurly burly of the Coen brothers’ movies might seem distant from Shakespearean tragedy, their films are crowded with schemers seized by misguided ambitions — just usually more farcical ones. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The first-person narration may have its limitations, but it’s a great tool for layering impressions: in Steerforth, David sees a handsome, Byronic god, while the reader sees through to the arrogant schemer beneath. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 4: David Copperfield 2012-02-02T23:24:54Z But life among the little women isn’t all bearing up under adversity, even if the March girls lack the guile of Becky Sharp, the peerless schemer in Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair.” Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Captain Hook, historically, is a florid schemer who talks like Oscar Wilde and combines the Machiavellian glee of Snidely Whiplash with the outfit of Captain Morgan. “Peter Pan Live!” and a Night of Protests 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Without quite being conscious of it, this book depicts a great schemer for whom nothing went to plan. The Third Man by Peter Mandelson 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z When Mr. Muller, the author of “Dark City Dames,” interviewed Ms. Gray at her home, he mentioned he had recently seen her playing a disreputable schemer on a rerun of “Perry Mason.” Coleen Gray, Who Played Film Noir Naïfs, Dies at 92 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The tortured dreamers and schemers of his autumnal writing scrabble after the minimal comforts — sex and alcohol, or maybe just companionship in misfortune — that can still provide furtive moments of pleasures in bleak lives. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z As portrayed by Robin Lord Taylor, Oswald is a psychopathic schemer, killing, cultivating or double- and triple-crossing nearly every other major character as he claws his way toward the top of the city’s underworld. Robin Lord Taylor on His Charismatic ‘Gotham’ Penguin 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Why do you think Nico is such a mensch and such a schemer? “It could be with sex or it could be food, everyone has some way of struggling”: Guillermo Pfening, leading man of “Nobody’s Watching” talks with Salon 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Maybe God is punishing the schemers in "Days of Heaven" by sending a plague of locusts and burning the wheat fields and contriving horribly violent deaths for two major characters. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z He's a master of disguise, a dashing swordsman, schemer and escape artist. Laura Powell's top 10 heroes in disguise 2013-04-11T15:55:00Z Phoebe evolved rapidly from hippie naïf to schemer, dreamer, peacekeeper, and pot-stirrer. ‘Friends’ Is Turning 25. Here’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching it. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Bobbitt claims that Machiavelli's concern for the survival of the state made him not the evil schemer of the popular imagination, but an "intense moralist". The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z The stakes, which somehow involve the fate of a Hollywood studio as well as the lives of motley strivers and schemers, seem trivial. ‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z It's the Coyote-Roadrunner relationship, with the schemer hoisted repeatedly on his own petard — another Saturday morning tradition. 'T.U.F.F. Puppy' and 'Planet Sheen,' premiering Saturday on Nickelodeon 2010-10-01T23:24:00Z Then we’d hear from the officials and schemers who neglected and bilked them. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Cinderella, beneath her facade of meek, abused scullery maid, is a schemer who strategically deposits a shoe on the palace steps while fleeing at midnight. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z What we haven't seen, and appreciated, are the nameless schemers and aggressive cubicle drones who make Imperial domination possible and efficient. From bureaucratic drudgery to prison labor, “Andor” shows how exploitation leads to the Dark Side 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The Macbeths may be ruthless political schemers, but there is a tenderness between them that is disarming, and that makes them more vivid, more interesting, than the more cautious and diligent politicians who surround them. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z There are no documents directly from Holbein to give us a sense of what he may have thought of the schemers, tyrants, merchants and anonymous court players whom he painted. Review | The first major Hans Holbein exhibition in the U.S. shows us the sobering reality of raw power 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z It doesn’t scan as an idea either; rather, it sets up Diana as a kind of English Evita, a schemer who triumphed, which is bizarre on both counts. ‘Diana, the Musical’ Review: Exploiting the People’s Princess 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z His more than 40 novels were populated by pathetic schemers, clever conmen and casual killers. Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:32:52Z Especially wife number two, the doomed schemer Anne Boleyn? 'Bring Up the Bodies' a wonderful, terrible sequel to 'Wolf Hall' 2012-05-04T03:31:52Z They live in a “manse” in a comparatively well-off neighborhood, not far from the hotel that houses Logan’s mother, a manipulative schemer who, as she nears 90, is still called “Girly.” ?City of Bohane,? by Kevin Barry 2012-03-30T23:27:18Z The magazine was an outpost of confusion in those days, and Condé Nast was a castle of paranoia, its towers filled with schemers hoping to avoid defenestration. Tina Brown’s ‘Vanity Fair Diaries’ Recall a Glossier Time 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The Lehigh Acres developers are part of the continuum of Florida dreamers and schemers who put "the weird backyard of the American imagination" on the map, from Spanish explorers to railroad magnates to Walt Disney. 'Exiles in Eden': An insider's view of Florida in the depths of the Great Recession 2010-08-25T23:17:00Z Yet Shakespeare, for his own personal reasons, needed to depict him as an immoral and Machiavellian schemer. Tyrion Lannister is Richard III 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The fresh-faced Mr. Abbey doesn’t quite capture all the character’s fascinating shades — he could mix in a little more of the cocky schemer. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z But Mr. Petraeus, who would develop a reputation “as a schemer, a self-promoter and, worst of all, an intellectual,” took an autodidact’s approach to a subject that fascinated him. Books of The Times: ‘The Insurgents,’ About David Petraeus, by Fred Kaplan 2012-12-26T23:24:35Z But in American Sniper the locals are mostly undifferentiated schemers with malicious intent — rifle fodder. Review: In American Sniper, Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper Are Right on Target 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z And they did — but the answers came from Burger King's Wikipedia page, which schemers immediately tampered with. 20 epic fails from the history of pop culture 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But she is conflicted about Rumsfeld, who comes off as both an oleaginous creep and a master political schemer. Review | What was George W. Bush really like? A novelist whips up a campy portrait. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Lewis plays Henry as an overgrown adolescent, fueled by hormones, self-aggrandizement and fear while Foy's Anne is less cat's paw than proto-feminist schemer. TV Picks: David Letterman, 'Wolf Hall,' Amy Schumer 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z This logic by no means approaches the morality of Christ’s dictum to be as “wise as serpents and harmless as doves,” but it belies the general notion that Machiavelli was a one-dimensional schemer. Review | Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ is looking pretty good in the Trump era 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z She was a casualty of a cannibalistic industry, where bloodthirsty paparazzi and perfidious schemers conspire to wring every last cent out of young starlets. Amy Winehouse Doc Ranks Among Highest-Earning Specialty Pictures In Years 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z But his interpretation is more kinetic ham than villainous schemer. Batman v Superman: no version of the characters can be right or wrong 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z A tireless schemer, he “got what needed to be got,” a friend remembers from Soviet days: “the salami, the caviar, the cognac, the minks.” ‘A Replacement Life,’ by Boris Fishman 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The concert tour marks a return to fame for Hilty, who starred as schemer Ivy Lynn in the television show “Smash.” A party becomes a serendipitous encounter for a young composer 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z As this more skillful schemer, who shot her lover but manages to sweet-talk her husband into coming to her defense, Ms. Asami puts on and removes her facade of innocence with bright comic ingenuity. Review: In Takarazuka’s ‘Chicago,’ the Midwest Looks a Lot Like Japan 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z That's especially so of his bland schemer, who sets the plot in motion but never feels part of the drama. Quirky 'Cut Bank' spins into a dark spiral toward nothing 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Without quite being conscious of it, this book depicts a great schemer for whom nothing went to plan.” Quiz: Political memoirs 2010-09-02T11:41:00Z And the Brewers, even at their most devious, don’t seem like homicidal schemers. Books of The Times: In ‘After I’m Gone,’ One Man Leaves Many Questions 2014-02-16T22:04:16Z And yet each in his way is a schemer, driven by desire and untroubled by guilt or shame. Rowan Atkinson talks up 25 years of Mr. Bean's clownish chaos 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z He’s like Alice in Wonderland: a sane mind in a world of lunatics and schemers and eccentrics. Tintin 101: What You Need to Know Before You See the Movie 2011-12-21T09:58:24Z So is the schemer behind Sedimental Journeys, “a leading provider of beach-renourishment services” that is none too honest about where it gets its sand. ‘Razor Girl,’ a Tale of Kidnappers, Reality TV Stars and Dodgy Seafood 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z “All over the city there were people like them, a whole mean army of schemers and nocturnal masterminds working their rackets,” Whitehead writes. Review | With ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ Colson Whitehead proves once again that he’s a master of reinvention 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z At the same time, Cheney and Rumsfeld were inveterate schemers whose cynicism about going to war was exceeded only by their ineptitude in conducting it. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z In 1969, he won an Oscar for writing The Producers, a comedy about two schemers who figure out how to make money by producing a sure-fire Broadway flop - a musical about Adolf Hitler. Comic Mel Brooks gets BFI honour 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z On screen, he plays dreamers and schemers: men with prodigious appetites and a wonky moral compass. Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus 2013-06-02T20:00:00Z If being a manipulative schemer has backfired for Cersei, it’s nothing compared to how being a mensch has backfired for Jon Snow. The “Game of Thrones” Season Finale: Winter Is Here 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z A year later, when Stephen Frears’ movie version of Dangerous Liaisons began, there was no competition for who would play the Marquise de Merteuil, the cold, cruel arch schemer. Glenn Close: critical acclaim built on strength of character 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The film's biggest stumbling block is its self-satisfied, dismissive attitude toward anyone outside its main circle, in particular women, who are depicted almost exclusively as nags, scolds, schemers or ornamentation. In 'Entourage,' everyone is still livin' the dream 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Nor does he see Lawrence as the only schemer trying to manipulate Arab destiny; this book has an assortment of principal players, only one of whom managed to become so famous. Books of The Times: Scott Anderson’s ‘Lawrence in Arabia’ Revisits Legends 2013-09-08T20:10:15Z In fact, almost as antique as newspapers these days is the fictive depiction of the hard-boiled editor, sometimes played as an all-bark, no-bite softie and other times as an incorrigible schemer. All the Editors That Are Fit to Spoof 2011-08-10T21:16:38Z Maybe God is punishing the schemers in "Days of Heaven" by sending a plague of locusts and setting the fields on fire and contriving a dramatic, horrible death for two major characters. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z Wotan turns out to be the supreme schemer, though, rather than on an equal level with his rival as written: his “Light-Alberich” to the dwarf’s “Black-Alberich.” Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’ 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Unhappily for Bloom and his fellow schemer, Max Bialystock, played by Zero Mostel, their outrageously tasteless musical, “Springtime for Hitler,” is a sensation. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Westeros is troubled by schemers and threatened by invasion, and the only thing holding it together is their hateful marriage of convenience. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Gleeson's acting résumé reads like an idiosyncratic collection of schemers, instigators and noble misfits. 'Calvary' could mark a signature role in Brendan Gleeson's career 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Incompletion, frustration, desolation—the ruins of grand schemes and grand schemers—were his lifelong themes; they’re at the center of “The Other Side of the Wind,” and they nearly swallowed it up. “The Other Side of the Wind,” Reviewed: A Belated Orson Welles Masterpiece 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z We get to see the birth of the plotter and schemer of the other stories. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a novel about Sherlock Homes' brother (and it's good!) 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z A “schemer and a dreamer,” he had returned from the Boer War with one lung, and then from World War I “a 39-year-old wreck.” The Arbiter of Aristocracy: And No, It’s Not Downton’s Dowager 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Its biggest competitor is “The Favourite,” a pitch-black comedy about royal schemers. Golden Globes 2019: What to watch For 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Just as the younger woman is diminished, the older woman finds herself exaggerated, cast as the wicked queen, a plotter and a schemer, for whatever reasons can be procured or fabricated. Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z It doesn't exonerate or rehabilitate McNamara at all, it just presents him, and he doesn't seem to fit the role of Machiavellian schemer responsible for 'McNamara's War'. Readers' reviews 2011-03-17T22:25:00Z Because it was neutral, Lisbon was thick with spies, counterspies, diplomatic schemers, and refugees seeking haven. Book recounts Lisbon in the shadow of WWII 2011-12-01T00:45:04Z Ever the schemer, he figures out a way. Macy is proud to be the drunken dad in 'Shameless' 2013-01-23T13:56:08Z Helms offers a different kind of patriarch than Chase — less the smirky schemer and more the sweetheart schlemiel. Will the new 'Vacation' make Clark Griswold proud? 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z If the book causes some schemers from the Liu hometown to contact him about supposed rediscoveries of lost troves, he said: “I would probably fall for it. I’m a sucker for these things.” ‘The Porcelain Thief’ Chronicles a Trip to Unearth Chinese Heirlooms 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z But in the public imagination — as well as novels, movies and TV shows — reporters are usually bumblers, unethical schemers or some combination of both. Bad news sells in the 'The Last Kid Left' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z “Kings of War” takes the home-viewing pleasures associated with serial television portraits of cutthroat schemers, like those in “House of Cards” and “The Sopranos,” and magnifies them to the proportions of grand opera. Review: Shakespeare’s Take on the Game of Thrones 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z More and more, this play was looking like a lopsided melodrama about grotesque Southern schemers fighting for their slices of a dying patriarch’s estate, with an overextended father-and-son ontology lesson for a second act. Review: Sienna Miller Coaxes New Life From an Old ‘Cat’ 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Leonard’s books were populated by pathetic schemers, clever con men and casual killers. Best-selling Author Elmore Leonard Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:09:09Z James is a man of few words, and the only information the viewer and schemers who have designs on his father’s estate have to go on is that James spent his years living in Africa. Mucky intent makes “Taboo” a questionable proposition 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z But the younger graspers, schemers and victims of the play are not just a generation apart from their elders here. A ‘King Lear’ that hasn’t fully flowered, at Seattle Shakes 2014-05-01T16:58:52Z Then there’s the flip side of Trump’s promises of revenge: the rewards and pardons he’ll dispense to convicted Jan. 6 rioters and schemers, cronies in legal peril and, of course, himself. Opinion: Trump promises vengeance and power grabs if he wins in 2024. Here's the plan. 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z As with his deftly empathetic handling of “I, Tonya,” Gillespie captures a hot-topic milieu of desperation and excitement populated by schemers. Review: 'Dumb Money,' the inevitable GameStop surge movie, injects laughs into a class war 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z An improved ground game would make Herbert even more dangerous and unlock all of Moore’s trumpeted concoctions, the coordinator with the muted public persona not a screamer but a schemer. Chargers' offense under new coordinator Kellen Moore is the bomb with wide-open spaces 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z “The dreamers are fighting for voting rights. The schemers are changing voter regulations in states,” he said. Activists, lawmakers voice concern over direction of country during 60th anniversary of civil rights 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Here is a dreamer and schemer for the 21st century, ready to make hell break loose. How Laura Lippman's new thriller, 'Prom Mom,' honors L.A. noir master James. M. Cain 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The attorneys say the woman “is a serial liar, manipulator and schemer who exploits vulnerable, often wealthy men with good intentions for sexual, financial and emotional profit.” Andrew Tate sues Florida woman, saying her lies led to human trafficking case 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z One could even say that wasps are the cunning analysts of the animal world, strategically plotting how to maneuver in the game of life with their peers like a Machiavellian schemer in any melodrama. Wasps are some of nature's smartest, meanest and most misunderstood bugs 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Then came relocation of formerly unionized companies to the right-to-work Sunbelt, unionized corporations “ripped, stripped and flipped” by venture capitalists and takeover schemers, NAFTA, deindustrialization. Starbucks’ union is small, but organized labor hopes to be venti again 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “The dreamers are standing up for women’s right to choose. The schemers are arguing whether they are going to make you stop at six weeks or 15 weeks.” Activists, lawmakers voice concern over direction of country during 60th anniversary of civil rights 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z But Trump likes the image of himself as a schemer so much that he dives into one conspiracy after another, without stopping to consider that he's not actually very good at this. More than trophies: Trump's documents crime is like his others, an attempt to cheat the system 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z I think to them he is a very American character — a manipulator, a schemer who succeeds very often in his schemes, which can seem hollow and literally surface level value. Despite his grouchy 'Lucky Hank' role, Bob Odenkirk finds himself oddly happy 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z There are really two movies happening here: one, a cat-and-mouse game between two manipulative schemers; and another that skewers self-involved, “anything for a click” influencers. Review: The adventures of young LeBron James prove stubbornly undramatic in 'Shooting Stars' 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z In another clip, recorded less than a fortnight before the deaths, Nash accused his wife of being "a schemer" who causes chaos to get attention. Great Waldingfield man found guilty of murdering wife and daughter 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z What makes this schemer so exciting to watch is that he’s like a lot of guys in their early 20s, regardless of the time and place. Review: A spot-on tribute to 'Halloween,' 'Friday the 13th'-era horror franchises 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr Josse said Mrs Nash had recorded some conversations with her husband and that in one in August 2022 he called her "a schemer who caused chaos to gain attention". Great Waldingfield: Man killed daughter and wife who wanted to leave, court told 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z But the most villainous entity they encounter is a duplicitous schemer played with oleaginous insincerity by Hugh Grant. ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ review: Rolling a natural 20 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z She, in Harry’s take, is a schemer who played “the long game. A campaign aimed at marriage, and eventually the crown.” Prince Harry memoir attacks a family he seeks to change. They have no comment. 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Offensive coordinator Greg Roman is a run-based schemer who has long been under heavy fire in Baltimore and seems a long shot to be back next season. Analysis | For Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, a trade might be the only way out 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z A Bay Area reunion, with an expert schemer/play caller in Kyle Shanahan as coach,and a loaded roster, would top Brady’s wish list. Analysis | Which teams are a potential fit for Tom Brady? It’s a short list. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z He was a brilliant coach, an innovative schemer of offensive football and an eclectic thinker who loved to hold court on the most mundane of topics. Mike Leach was brilliant, generous, stubborn — and never boring 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Always in the background of Harley’s reminiscence hovers Disney’s effort to create the Happiest Place on Earth — just the latest project of dreamers and schemers who sought to remake Florida in their image. Review | ‘The Magic Kingdom,’ by Russell Banks, reveals a paradise lost 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Others simply resented local business and political rivals who supported the Revolution, viewing the rebels as hypocrites and schemers who selfishly used the break with the Empire to increase their fortunes. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Again and again, the panel has painted him as both the schemer in chief and the ultimate intended beneficiary. The Jan. 6 Panel After 8 Hearings: Where Will the Evidence Lead? 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Contrast that with the cowardice of retired Gen. Michael Flynn, one of the insurrection schemers, whose testimony the committee aired, to chuckles: Opinion | Cassidy Hutchinson could read the ketchup on the wall 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The F.T.C. said Walmart was an attractive place to pull off prospective frauds because the schemers could pick up the cash, often using a fake ID. F.T.C. accuses Walmart of facilitating consumer fraud through its money transfer business. 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Parker, a carnival worker whose showmanship and talent for the short con earned him the nickname “The Snowman,” is portrayed as an Iago-like schemer who sees Presley as the ultimate geek, ripe for exploitation. Review | Watching ‘Elvis’ feels like being in a washing machine for 2 ½ hours 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z In a videotaped deposition released last week, the smiling schemer of the past is no more. Column: John Eastman's journey from respectable O.C. Republican to Batman villain 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z In closing arguments Friday, prosecutors attempted to paint Mr. Sussmann as a schemer and a liar who manipulated the FBI to smear then-candidate Donald Trump on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign. Jury begins deliberations in Sussmann trial; Clinton campaign lawyer accused of lying to FBI 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z In the current season, which covers Mr. Morsi’s final 96 hours in power, Mr. Morsi and other Brotherhood figures are portrayed as shifty schemers, their movements accompanied by ominous music. In Egypt’s Big Ramadan TV Drama, the President Is the Hero 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z A black market emerged, full of con men and get-rich-quick schemers. Why American Mask Makers Are Going Out of Business 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z This required leveraging a 45-minute break in some mildly duplicitous way, and I was amused to see that Odenkirk, making his show about an inveterate schemer, wasn’t above a little scheming of his own. Bob Odenkirk’s Long Road to Serious Success 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z "He's a schemer and there's no doubt he was scheming his way through his prison sentence." Colin Pitchfork should never have been released, says detective 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Before covid, schemers made up all kinds of reasons not to meet in person, and the repeated cancellations could alert some people that they were being bamboozled. Perspective | Romance scams cost consumers a record $304 million as more people searched for love online during the pandemic 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z What if their random brush with “an expert” had put them in touch with a rogue, fraud or schemer? Learn who your source is before trusting their money ideas 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z And the central question will be whether Ms. Holmes was a deceptive schemer driven by greed and power, or a naïf who believed her own lies and was manipulated by Mr. Balwani. Schemer or Naïf? Elizabeth Holmes Is Going to Trial. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But with all the benefits, phones also are a handy way for scammers, schemers and stealers to reach you easily — and potentially rip you off. Top phone scams and how to avoid them | Provided by 1st Security Bank 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z The Netherlands captain’s arrival takes some pressure off Euro 2020 champion Marco Verratti, who is an excellent schemer and passer but tires in games when he has too much defending to do. Strengthened PSG begins bid to wrestle back French title 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z But the staggering sums of money trading hands has attracted a slew of con artists and schemers. A TikTok influencer brings cryptocurrency trading to the masses 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z “Empty shell companies are to stock manipulators and pump-and-dump schemers what guns are to bank robbers,” an S.E.C. official explained when the initiative began, “the tools by which they ply their illegal trade.” The Mystery of the $113 Million Deli 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z He used midfield schemer Marco Verratti for only 30 minutes against Lens on Saturday to keep him fresh to face City. Champions League: PSG tries to reverse loss against Man City 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Not with the protests against the schemers' perceived greed and secrecy continuing. 'A seismic, pivotal week in football - but game not yet over' 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new prime minister of Israel. Movies on TV this week: 'The Searchers'; 'Forrest Gump' 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Most Ponzi schemers start with friends and family because of the built-in trust, Ms. Springer said she had found in her research. A Bigger Risk Than GameStop? Beware the Ponzi Scheme Next Door 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z The actor conveyed the extraordinarily nimble mind of the schemer Iago with a darting physicality. Christopher Plummer, dashing grandee of stage and film, dies at 91 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z A schemer and her henchmen shanghai two book salesmen for a diamond safari in Africa. Movies on TV this week: 'Citizen Kane'; 'Raging Bull' and more 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The Chiefs-Broncos rivalry pits one of the game’s most innovative offensive minds in Reid with one of the league’s most creative defensive schemers in Fangio. Drew Lock happy to be the bad guy in Broncos-Chiefs rivalry 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Lonely-hearts schemes: Regulators say that more schemers are striking up online romances with the lonely and homebound, then persuading them to part with their money. How to spot a coronavirus scam and avoid it 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Most of the schemers are men, and are usually older and able to project an air of success, she found. A Bigger Risk Than GameStop? Beware the Ponzi Scheme Next Door 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z A vain, venal, vacuum-packed embodiment of political ego, Meyer lives in a world of bunglers, schemers and jaded professionals whose collective main goal is political survival at all costs. Trump fatigue? 17 political TV shows to watch if you're totally over politics 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z This administration’s talent pool was memorably described by the conservative scholar Eliot Cohen as comprising “invertebrates and opportunists, schemers and careerists.” Perspective | Can Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci serve President Trump in good conscience? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z As two hard-working leaders and inveterate schemers who know the system inside out, they lure you into a delectable gray zone somewhere between the conned and the complicit. Review: Hugh Jackman is at his best in the engrossing school-scam drama 'Bad Education' 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Armstrong, now deceased but remembered by at least two Sands Point members as a “schemer,” denied being part of any conspiracy. The sandbagging scandal that shook golf - Golf Digest 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Springer said she had found that most Ponzi schemers donated to political campaigns. A Bigger Risk Than GameStop? Beware the Ponzi Scheme Next Door 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z In the chaos, hospitals and states have been forced to vet their vendors, to weed out schemers and unreliable agents, slowing the acquisition of crucial gear. Need for supplies to fight coronavirus opens door to unusual brokers — and scammers 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Things get very complicated, what with custom-crossed love and ranks of schemers out to feather their nests with gold. 'Belgravia' is the 'Downton Abbey' replacement you've been waiting for 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The fewest bangs occurred in the first inning — presumably because it took time for the schemers to decode the catchers’ signs, and the rate then declined from the second through the ninth. Column: Did Astros win by cheating? The numbers say no 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Once a rodeo rider, he was “a dreamer and schemer, to put it kindly,” Caufman said. Abandoned as newborn, Corry man traces his parents 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z A suave schemer flees to California, where he preys on two sisters for a payoff. Movies on TV this week: 'Schindler's List' on Starz and more 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The churning administration made the characters on “Veep” look competent and the schemers on “Scandal” seem like cartoons. Opinion | A cliffhanger end to a decade that married politics and culture 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z We’re a nation of dreamers and schemers and misfits and visionaries. Looking ahead: In 2020, we look to Mars, fake meat and the allure of wishful thinking 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z A former postal worker admitted Wednesday to accepting cash bribes to steal envelopes containing credit cards and turn them over to schemers. Ex-postal worker admits taking bribes to steal credit cards 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In Sicily, one couple engages in a merry war of words, while another falls prey to a malicious schemer. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Officials say the schemers skimmed off part of the workers’ paychecks and didn’t pay state and federal taxes. 1 person convicted, 1 acquitted in immigration case 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z And, worst of all — in the case of Ukraine — these schemers suckered Trump into subordinating U.S. national security to his own selfish political interests. Opinion | We thought Trump was the biggest con man. We were all wrong. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z People repressed suspicions about the schemer because they trusted the regulatory system. Danger and strangers: the trouble with face value 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Nazi caricatures of Jews as conniving, scurrilous schemers — a people of hooked noses and sinister motives — infused the art, literature, film and propaganda that led to the Holocaust. Trump's Jewish comments play on anti-Semitism in culture, film and art 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Kennedy’s girlfriend, Carolyn Bessette, didn’t like the people she perceived as taking advantage of her man and would scream at him with observations like: “He’s a f---ing schemer. He’s using you.” Review | The almost-charmed life of JFK Jr. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Yes, there will always be female schemers and “back stabbers” in the ranks of liberal and conservative circles. Follow the lead of God, conservatives in advancement of women 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z In 1830, Alexander Pushkin used that rumor as the basis for his play “Mozart and Salieri,” casting the former as a doltish genius and the latter as a jealous schemer. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z These activities do not need to be illegal to be corrupt, just as the president does not need to be a criminal to be a deceitful schemer who undermines important legal and ethical norms. Opinion | These are the golden days of sleaze 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The Portuguese brings his own wow factor to Manchester City, with an ability to play wide or centrally, a schemer’s vision, mesmeric dribbling, and a shoot-on-sight instinct. Premier League 2018-19 season review: our writers’ best and worst 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Unable to secure a loan from his local bank, he is drawn into the coils of billionaire schemer Maximilian Enormous and his corrupt cronies. New in L.A. theater: Arthur Miller, Lucas Hnath and Lauren Yee 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z But he’s also written as a straightforward schemer out to grab as much power as possible and seat himself on the Iron Throne. Game of Thrones has no idea what to do with its geniuses 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z More than ever before, NFL schemers excel at creating simple reads and open targets for their quarterbacks. Film Study: Best, worst of Murray and 2019 quarterback class 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z So what do we do about the Ponzi schemers, the tax scammers, the money malefactors? Who Belongs in Prison? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z George Mason is filled with strivers, not schemers. Perspective | No bribery needed to go to George Mason, a university of strivers, not schemers 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The state news media has painted him as a cunning schemer. Chinese Entrepreneur Takes On the System, and Drops Out of Sight 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z We downplay the schemers, the short cuts and the subterfuge. Opinion | Donald Trump’s Phony America 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Robin, played by Anna Paquin in new TV series Flack, is a classic screen publicist, a cynical schemer who can manipulate public opinion like a master, but whose private life is in freefall. Why do onscreen publicists get such a bad rap? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Then one of those schemers lays hands on an artistic goldmine, and the rush to profit begins. Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw feels like Robert Altman’s Final Destination 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z This is why Ilkay Gundogan remains a deputy only – he possesses the artistry of the schemer but is less of a natural at the darker midfield arts. Rúben Neves fails to show he could be City’s Fernandinho-in-waiting | Jamie Jackson 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say the schemers stole identities and used them to open bank accounts to stash some of the $14 million in refunds they got from filing thousands of phony tax returns. Southern California pleads guilty in $14M tax fraud scheme 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z His life changed when Cromwell was recruited to serve the ill-fated Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, head of England’s church and an inveterate political schemer himself. Celebrity is ephemeral; good biographies are forever 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z A lawsuit, set for trial Dec. 4 in Palm Beach County, involves the notorious convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, in whose law firm Edwards once worked. Perversion of Justice: How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z “Is the entertainment industry willing to support the economy of a totally corrupt state that suppresses democracy; where the winner isn’t the best choice for the people but the best schemer or crook?” Here's why Stacey Abrams' election loss has Georgia's film workers on edge 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Is the entertainment industry willing to support the economy of a totally corrupt state that suppresses democracy; where the winner isn’t the best choice for the people but the best schemer or crook? Alyssa Milano, Ron Perlman vow to #BoycottGeorgia over Stacey Abrams defeat 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The game is meant to help students from third grade through sixth guard against schemers, hackers and other bad actors. Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online. Is It the Best Role Model? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Yet, this San Francisco team had the Chargers and Green Bay down in the fourth quarter, and has a shrewd offensive schemer in coach Kyle Shanahan. With challenges ahead for unbeaten Rams, the defense gets its act together in 39-10 win over 49ers - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The role of secret internal resister within the White House was first pioneered by Attorney General Edwin Stanton, perhaps the most relentless schemer in American political history. Opinion | Edwin Stanton Was Part of the ‘Resistance’—in 1860 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Toward the end of the first season of HBO’s “Succession,” some corporate schemers plot a takeover strategy called a bear hug. “Succession” ’s Satisfyingly Nasty Family Ties 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z As it happened she knew a lot because her husband was a corrupt schemer who was in charge of any number of nefarious doings in his capacity as Nixon's campaign chairman. Omarosa and the forgotten Martha Mitchell: Unlikely heroes who brought down a president? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The president of the United States is revealed as a schemer and a liar. Opinion | Is this the best Giuliani’s got? 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Stephano’s lines sound as though they were written for an old New York schemer poking into dives for easy marks. 'The Tempest' at the Old Globe: Kate Burton casts a benevolent spell as Prospera 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He has come to see the Clinton team as unprincipled schemers, much as the Republicans he long opposed do. Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The schemers often create a “synthetic” identity, which combines real data with fake information. Perspective | Why does a 2-year-old have a credit card? How to protect your children from identity theft. 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The Grammy- and Emmy Award-winner plays a matchmaker and schemer in the show, which features the songs “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” ”Before the Parade Passes By” and “So Long Dearie.” Bette Midler to return to ‘Hello, Dolly’ for a summer run 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z He painted the 44-year-old accuser as an opportunistic schemer who had calculatedly pursued Cosby, now 80, as a financial target, concocting a "so-called drugging and assault that never happened." Cosby accuser slammed as 'con artist' in defense's scorching opening statement 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z But you let that collapse in Congress because of Stephen Miller and the other alt-right schemers.” Opinion | This Snake Can’t Shed His Skin 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Along the way, Prados features the agency’s heroes, patriots and schemers, including legendary early directors Walter Bedell Smith and Allen Dulles. Review | A prayer for CIA accountability — that will likely go unanswered 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z More urgently, perhaps, the seen-it-all boardroom schemer was aware that his position at Fox was suddenly not as secure as it had been. Rupert Murdoch: Will this prove to be the media king’s last act? 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Then find out Medicare is stopped, more people die, and GOP schemers ican steal what the dead or dying cannot use. Consumer Bureau’s New Leader Steers a Sudden Reversal 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z He was also - to put it mildly - somewhat of a schemer. The other American in Prince Harry's family 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z McClure's Nick, the musical's reliable engine, is part worrywart, part manic schemer. 'Something Rotten!' delivers on fluffy, fizzy, frolicsome fun – LA Times 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The kleptocratic destructive schemers are looting our country for private benefit, and not even in the long term. Opinion | Trump, Chieftain of Spite 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z His detractors saw him as a schemer and a manipulator, but there was little doubt about his talent as a director. Sir Peter Hall: A giant of British theatre 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Knowing these two schemers, there will probably be caveats and side plots involved, no matter what they’re up to. 12 unanswered questions before the Game of Thrones Season 7 finale 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z But leave it to Olenna, always the master schemer that nobody recognized, to go out in a magnificent blaze of glory. Game of Thrones, The Queen’s Justice was about strategies falling apart 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z During a Tuesday plea hearing, Rodriguez said a fellow schemer would call an elderly person and tell him or her that a relative was in jail. Man pleads guilty to jail fraud scheme targeting the elderly 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z New York City police are investigating the apparent suicide of a hedge fund partner whose former firm invested with incarcerated Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. Multiple sclerosis drug, Ocrevus, gets FDA approval 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Even Grant — who likens the market full of "little upstarts trying to topple the giants" to the roster of schemers scrabbling for power in "Game of Thrones" — isn't expecting upheaval. Beauty companies ramp up the pace to keep up with faster trends 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Few presidential decisions have been as bizarre as Trump’s giving a permanent seat on the National Security Council to his political schemer Steve Bannon but not to his top military and intelligence advisers. Who’s mess is this, anyway? 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z To a big chunk of the population, the Venezuelan opposition is still that spoiled, unpatriotic schemer. In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did. 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Court documents say the schemers defrauded people in at least 30 states. Man pleads guilty to jail fraud scheme targeting the elderly 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z “A schemer. My own family nicknamed me Sneaky Pete. My own family.” Why 'Sneaky Pete' co-creator Bryan Cranston and star Giovanni Ribisi can relate to the con 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z She is a blazing orator and an inveterate schemer, plotting out elaborate chess moves before her opponents have even had a chance to get their pieces in order. Jessica Chastain galvanizes in the timely political melodrama 'Miss Sloane' 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z And yet, for much of his political career he could not parlay his international prestige into success in Israeli politics, where he was branded by many as both a utopian dreamer and political schemer. Funeral of Shimon Peres to Be Held on Friday 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Arthouse dramas like Frozen River and Wendy and Lucy fit the bill, as do thrillers like A Simple Plan, any action movie involving schemers or scammers, and quite a few Coen brothers films. TIFF Days 3 and 4: bad people making bad decisions, in (sometimes) bad movies 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It finds “frauds, thieves, boiler rooms and penny-stock schemers,” plus more unregistered brokerages than any other U.S. address. California Inc.: Looking beyond the Brexit vote 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z In a plan that class schemer Zack Morris would find genius, a vacant restaurant space in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood has become Saved by the Max, a replica of The Max. Lines to the 'Max' for 'Saved by the Bell' pop-up restaurant 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Philbrick introduces their fateful meeting, where the terms of Arnold’s betrayal were settled, with a description of the setting that mirrors the dark motives and the greed that drive these two schemers. Washington as contemplative hero, and Benedict Arnold as narcissistic danger 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z What if all those political schemers are wrong and Trump is elected president? Stop Trump? Here's why a third-party effort will probably fizzle 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The military men are hapless schemers, in thrall to American advisers; the narrator is involved in a gay relationship with another pilot. A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Savaging public services such as education, health care and payment of public retirees to payoff the ultra-rich schemers is unacceptable as is ripping off U.S. taxpayers. Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico’s Future 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z And, fairly or not, Justin Timberlake's portrayal of him in "The Social Network" as a glib and greedy schemer has attached itself to him. Will Napster co-founder Sean Parker's Screening Room disrupt the film industry? 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Kasich on Sunday was visibly fed up with the maneuvering, saying he’s “not a plotter or a schemer.” John Kasich, Ohio governor: No one is going to have enough delegates 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z This is the party that produced Richard Nixon, a vicious spirit, schemer and liar. A Yuuuge Media Failure 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Is science, then, a club like any other, with fetishes and fashions, with schemers, dreamers, and blackballed applicants? Is Science Kind of a Scam? 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The defensive schemer has a healthy Orakpo, who has 40 sacks in his six seasons, with linebacker Derrick Morgan on the other side looking to build on a career year. With Mariota at QB, Titans eager to erase memories of 2-14 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z An international ring of schemers were involved in producing contraband cheese worth about 2 billion rubles, or nearly $30 million, according to CBS News. Russian Police Bust $30 Million Contraband Cheese Ring 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z No matter which of the cunning convicts was the schemer or planner, O’Donnell said, Sweat is at a disadvantage without his “support system.” Officials search for escaped prisoner David Sweat in area where partner was killed 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The other was a systematic schemer, reading blueprints, sketching maps, mulling over the fine details of crime. Broken Boys, Thieves, Killers, and Now Escapees 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z But one anachronism that would make the world a better place is the midfield schemer. The Joy of Six: curtailed football careers 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Navigating perilous domestic and foreign waters by dead reckoning, he often felt compelled to be a shameless schemer. FDR: A Monumental Man 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Law enforcement estimates are that hundreds of millions to billions of dollars are lost annually to the pockets of “fraudsters, scammers and schemers,” Reyes said. Utah plans registry for white-collar criminals to stop fraud 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z These criminals are mortgage schemers and inside traders, most likely armed with nothing more than an M.B.A. or a law degree. Utah Passes White-Collar Felon Registry 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Jimmy’s better as a skeezeball schemer, and there’s something really fun in that premise — and while it’s related to Breaking Bad, it is also its own thing. Better Talk Saul: an in-depth, spoiler-y analysis of the first two episodes 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z What Taylor delivers is a striver, schemer and survivor who had been bullied his whole life. ‘Gotham’ star Taylor delights fans with his Penguin villainy 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But prosecutors depicted them as tax fraud schemers who used several fraudulent devices to scam the government. Marshals arrest 3 convicted in $100B tax scheme 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Ryan is a great motivator and defensive schemer, I hope the Jets keep him. In Finale for Season, and Maybe for Ryan, Jets Trounce Dolphins 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Carr has faced the most fearsome pass rushers, toughest cover cornerbacks and most accomplished defensive schemers throughout the season with the Oakland Raiders. Carr faces another tough test in rookie season 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In the fight against the schemers and unethical lawyers trying to defraud unsuspecting immigrants, one of the many front lines is in a room above the nave of the Bronx Spanish Evangelical Church. Preparing for Immigration Reform, and Warning of Potential Fraud 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Then the schemer might turn around and sell that gift card for cash on a secondary market such as eBay or a specialty gift card resale site. How to Avoid Gift Card Fraud This Holiday Season 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z But prosecutors depicted the trio as tax fraud schemers who used several fraudulent devices to scam the government. Jury convicts 3 in $100B tax fraud scheme 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Many telemarketing schemers dangle promises of cheap health products, fabulous vacation deals and other offers on unsuspecting seniors. Northwestern MutualVoice: 4 Warning Signs Of Elder Financial Abuse 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z District Judge James Cohn rewards the convicted Ponzi schemer’s campaign of cooperation. On Fifth Anniversary Of Rothstein's $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme, Questions Remain 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The schemers then deposit — or recruit someone else to deposit — bogus checks into the legitimate bank account, typically via an ATM transaction. FBI cracks down on 'cracking cards' 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The schemers then deposited — or recruited someone else to deposit — the counterfeit checks into the third party’s bank account, typically via an ATM transaction. Authorities crack down on 'cracking cards,' charging 29 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Using illegal means to achieve "noble" purposes is a lie told by a small group of ambitious schemers….who maintain the colonial mentality and are hostile towards democracy. China's guide to democracy 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z A former law partner of convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is asking a federal judge for a lenient prison sentence after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge. 5 Things to Know in Florida for Oct. 2 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The Ponzi schemers of this world will attest that there is nothing a consumer likes more than “more, more, more.” If Scotland Takes The High Road With A Yes Vote, It's A Sterling Buying Opportunity 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z That shouldn't be taken to mean that the 29-year-old is a Machiavellian schemer to rival Prost's depiction in the documentary Senna. 'Wiggins omission is coolly rational' 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But by the time Ferguson offered his revised assessment of Giggs, the Welshman's role had changed to that of a midfield schemer. Giggs - Man Utd's 'unique freak' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The release does not specify how much money the schemers were able to glean from consumers. Feds Target Multi-Million Dollar Work-From-Home Scheme 2014-02-24T23:28:28Z "I am asking for asylum in your country because of everyone. They are all killers and schemers—my wife, my children, my neighbors, my colleagues, God, his Prophet, the government, the newspapers." Iraqi Writer Finds Literary Asylum in English Translation 2014-02-03T20:00:48Z Although tax refund schemers have been found all over the country, the scam’s roots are in Florida. Beware of Gangsters Filing Tax Returns 2014-01-09T20:00:52Z Like Tony Soprano, the New Jersey mob boss, or Frank Underwood, the political schemer in Netflix's recent remake of House of Cards, we are drawn into the character first by his simple sympathy and appeal. Is Breaking Bad's Walter White one of TV's truly evil characters? 2013-09-27T01:33:45Z An arch schemer, she will stop at nothing to destroy both men and women, as long as she remains in control. Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters 2013-05-23T05:13:07Z "We cannot allow the greed of a few looters and schemers to trump the cultural interests of an entire nation." U.S. returning looted Tyrannosaurus skeleton to Mongolia 2013-05-06T18:14:14Z M. claimed to be locked up because a friend stole a television and he was taking the rap, but other inmates doubted his story and said he was a schemer. Even Violent Drug Cartels Fear God 2013-04-19T14:35:33Z In the Kremlin narrative, Berezovsky was the ideal caricature Penguin to Putin’s Batman—the evil Jewish schemer in his London palace looking to usurp good blond Tsar Vlad. Putin Needs an Enemy 2013-03-25T11:06:00Z A whole complex of writers and poets sponsored by the ascendant Tudors, not least Shakespeare, acted as de facto propagandists, cementing a legend that has stuck of a gnarled, misbegotten, evil schemer. Richard III's Bones: Should One of History's Losers Be Redeemed? 2013-02-05T03:35:25Z A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer. Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters 2013-05-23T05:13:07Z It would have created a media circus just days before the team’s most important game of the season, Lander said, and Te’o would have come off as either “a chump or some kind of schemer.” Manti Te’o Hoax Disclosure Was Up to Him, Notre Dame Says 2013-01-18T02:23:42Z "Who put their hand in the list – the minister, or some cunning schemer, to set him up?" asked the prominent political commentator Pavlos Tsimas. Greece's 'Lagarde list' sparks calls for catharsis over tax avoidance 2013-01-07T15:54:00Z The Marlins are world-class schemers, forever reaffirming the skepticism of their fans. On Baseball: Marlins in Multiplayer Trade With Blue Jays 2012-11-14T04:28:14Z What follows are a series of sandbox assassination missions, as Corvo sets about disposing of Dunwall's various evil aristocrats and schemers and bringing some small hope of recovery to its rank body politic. Dishonored - preview 2012-10-04T17:07:10Z Ferrer is a plotter and a schemer and a master at setting an ambush. Straight Sets: Breaking It Down: Ferrer Vs. Gasquet 2012-09-05T15:43:33Z Along with biographies of the schemers, a growing stack of scholarly references, legal tomes and articles aims to collect knowledge about this age-old crime. DealBook: Examining the Ponzi Scheme Through the Mind of the Con Artist 2012-08-20T21:13:23Z The three most common affinity groups targeted by Ponzi schemers, accounting for 85 percent of such cases, were the elderly or retired, religious groups and ethnic groups. Where money meets faith, bring skepticism 2012-08-11T16:49:00Z Fittingly, White thrives in a violent world of criminal schemers that he’s comically unsuited for. Breaking Bad and the Downfall of the White 'Anyman' 2012-07-20T12:00:55Z He hopes that Lee Briers, Warrington's veteran schemer, will return from an achilles injury as the Wolves aim to reach Wembley for the third time in four years. Leeds and Huddersfield need U-turn to get to Challenge Cup final 2012-07-13T15:53:17Z Warrington brought back most of the big guns who had been rested from last week's surprise defeat at Salford, but not their chief schemer Lee Briers, who was a late withdrawal because of illness. Warrington 15-6 Catalan Dragons 2012-07-09T21:42:18Z The referendum is held up as an example of Wilson's central flaw – that he was a schemer whose main aim was to hold his feuding cabinets together. David Cameron becomes Britain's new Harold Wilson over EU referendum 2012-07-02T11:11:35Z District Judge David Hittner said Stanford's actions were among the most "egregious criminal frauds," and investors who lost money said Stanford's crimes were worse than those of Bernard Madoff, another Ponzi schemer. Stanford sentenced to 110 years in $7B swindle 2012-06-14T18:21:00Z Van Persie heaped up 30 goals in the Premier League campaign just completed, but he is as well-equipped to be the schemer who sets up openings. Euro 2012: Robin van Persie running out of time to collect his medals 2012-06-12T12:20:17Z Holland, though, continue to purr along: a 6-0 defeat of Northern Ireland was bolstered by a successful return for chief schemer Wesley Sneijder. Europe's footballing powers struggle to impress as Euro 2012 beckons 2012-06-05T12:59:02Z Steer clear of schemers, save some cash and try not to spend it all in one place. A Quintessential Travel App: Download This 2012-05-26T14:06:31Z Government officials say they are increasingly worried that self-directed IRAs, which often put money in investments that get little scrutiny from regulators, are being used by schemers to separate retirees from their savings. New Suits Over Self-Directed IRAs 2012-04-18T01:02:20Z The Briton loathes a bore, a schemer, and a prig; he likes a good fellow. My Mission to London 1912-1914 2012-04-17T02:00:14.497Z The peer mused; for, as in every dark and complicated scheme of villany, the slightest alteration in the events which he had anticipated was likely to produce the most disastrous results to the schemer. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Such, in fine, was the man who now confronted Ferguson, and with a stern light in his eye bade the schemer stand out. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Bold schemers they, and a bold ally this Mr. Cornwall, to presume to come, uninvited, to his house, regarding him, its owner, as a person of no importance, whose wishes it was unnecessary to consult! Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z But while satan is a great schemer and is very busy and “wash his face in ashes”, “put on leather apron”, his greatest attribute is the liar. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z The members of the new church were called "a misguided band," and "new schemers." Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Then Van overheard these two precious schemers concocting a new note. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Ralph could not believe that Glen was a schemer or anything of that sort. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z The eccentric schemer was true to his word, as grateful Phebus acknowledged with eyes more watery than usual. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The old schemer had his own reasons for a sudden flitting. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z On this score the mind of the schemer was easy. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z The local paper threatens an exposé, and this, with the factory fire and our claim, has driven the miserable old schemer nearly to his wits' end. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Then the astute idea passed through the schemer's brain of how convenient it would be if the budding Joan of Arc could be used as an unconscious spy upon her party. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z How could a band of unwary, warm-hearted, impulsive fellows, who were prepared to dare all for motherland, cope with this hard calculating schemer? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z It was an absurd thing for a young woman to bequeath a fortune to an old one--worse--it was a cruel and dastardly thing to do, if unscrupulous schemers were after it. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Thus schemed the schemers, labouring each for self, masking their batteries one from the other till the propitious moment should come for rupture. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z "You mean one-third," interrupted the bargaining old schemer. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z He burned to continue his journey forthwith, that the old schemer might be swiftly punished. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z That he should prove to be so double-dyed a traitor, so despicable and dastardly a schemer, filled her soul with horror. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z He was a tacit accessory to the villainous plot of the schemers. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Time being just now so precious an article, it seemed to both schemers that the victim had been brought into as auspicious a state for operation as was likely to be attained without long waiting. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Or, rather, not a scheme at all—Andy was no schemer. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Quickness of hand and rude, primitive valor counted here, but it was otherwise in the insidious conflict with the human schemer. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z That she should think him a visionary schemer led away by his imagination, and without the faculty of execution, hurt him. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z What the schemers had to do must be done speedily, silently, and neatly. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The boy spoke eagerly, but the more wily schemer shook his head with positiveness. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The town is full of cranks and schemers always trying to get rich by suing some big utility corporation. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The eminent guarantors of the integrity of Austria were suddenly transformed into hungry schemers for her immediate partition. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z There is no doubt that at last Sheridan was so desperately involved that his life became, “not to put too fine a point on it,” that of a schemer. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Ridicule with laughter the hypocrite or evil schemer, and he will crouch at your feet or fly into self-destructive passion; but ridicule Abraham Lincoln and he lifts his clenched hand and smiles while he strikes. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z Potential issues on appeal, he said, included whether Zagel placed so much emphasis on sending a message to other would-be political schemers that he unduly inflated the sentence of the twice-elected Democrat. Appeal is last, but slim, hope for ousted Ill. Gov. Blagojevich to avoid full 14-year sentence 2011-12-09T00:18:56Z He, himself, essentially a schemer and trusting no one but the members of his outfit, accused others of scheming and bent his mind to outwit them. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z My scattered neighbors, patient as they were, were ill to coerce and would doubtless join me in an effort before the schemer's machinations left us homeless. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The schemers, who live upon the ignorance of dupes, bear the name of legion. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The precedent established by Bonaparte was a very dangerous one and might put similar ambitions into the head of an unscrupulous schemer. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z It is time you to come, Mr. Halvey, and shut the mouth of this young schemer. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z He did not rise by any sycophant arts; indeed, he never veiled the contempt he felt for the party schemers and officials around him. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The girl has beauty; its magic has drawn all these flowers and figures from the pen of that dry old schemer. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Like Lewis Carroll's Alice, Tintin is the one sane mind in a world of schemers, dipsomaniacs, eccentric geniuses and blithering idiots. Inside Tintin: How the Boy Reporter Finally Came to Hollywood 2011-10-31T12:15:00Z The merciless schemers of bloody and cruel wars rarely expose their precious lives to the chances of combat. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Well, isn't it a wonder the schemers does be in the world. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The story of the cotton mills is filled with elemental emotions; the moving characters are splendid, clear-cut dramatic types; there are the villain, the hero, the schemer, the lover of his fellow men. The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z The Lombard, a deep and hardy schemer, to whom force and fraud seemed equally good, was simply seeking for wealth and fame in the realms of the East. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z But the intentions of La Russa, a famous schemer, were plain. Cardinals 7, Brewers 1: Brewers Commit Four Errors and Cardinals Take Advantage 2011-10-15T03:38:09Z Now it must be understood at once that Rebecca Jones was not a schemer, or a mean or vulgar woman. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z The craftier schemer gets the most money and glory, while the fair-minded dealer is humiliated in the bankruptcy court. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Captain Hamilton at once fell into the trap which this artful schemer had laid for him. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Adding to this number those of the remainder of Luzon, the total will ascend to an enormous mass of “illusioned” who bowed in obedience to an inquisitous schemer. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z A judge dismissed portions of a $198 million lawsuit Thursday against relatives of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, but upheld most of the claims by the trustee seeking money for his victims. Judge Dismisses Some Madoff Claims 2011-09-22T19:11:14Z “Are you backing these desperate schemers up in this madness, Frank?” he asked. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z There was obviously no love lost here 'twixt His Grace and these schemers, for His Eminence's bland unctuousness looked just now as dangerous as the younger man's hate. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The audience knows from the very beginning that Iago is a blatant liar and schemer who has thrown aside loyalty to his commanding officer, Othello, and is trying to disrupt his world. | New Jersey: ?Othello? at the Shakespeare Theater at Drew University - Review 2011-09-17T23:52:31Z The Pont-Neuf was then a meeting place for strangers, for schemers, for idlers, for pickpockets, and people who had newly disembarked. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z For an ambitious man, he was not a really clever schemer; he had too great a fear of being duped. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The fact, however, remained that the schemers had been deprived of their spurious bonds, without which their carefully planned design to obtain possession of the genuine ones fell to the ground. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z "Friend of the POOR"—an appropriate title seen from the viewpoint of Red schemers. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z Wantele was no schemer, but there was something in him which made him aware of the schemes of others, even against his own will and desire. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z "A schemer," said Marguerite, looking at her master in astonishment; "but, monsieur, it seemed to me that he was the same friend that you were waiting for so late some time ago." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z I had a good many quarrels with a number of them for trying to stand up for you, you worthless little schemer. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z The quiet acceptance of defeat by the bloodthirsty old schemer was a puzzle beyond solution, if it was not a veil for some further villainy. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Emma Watson says fame, not bullying prompted departure from Brown University The playwright talks about getting into the head of the Ponzi schemer, what she’ll be working on next and her unexpected clairvoyance. Steffanie Leigh, star of national tour of ?Mary Poppins,? picked to play nanny on Broadway 2011-08-25T22:30:02Z Proposals and schemes of every kind are flying about; the number of schemers is unlimited; innovations are hailed with rapture, their popularity being always in proportion to their foolishness. Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student 2011-08-25T02:00:32.027Z For a long time I thought he was only a schemer and a thief; why should he still be necessary to me? The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z This wasn't any hit or miss revival, started by a crackpot, or by some schemer for his own enrichment. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z At two o’clock in the morning she went out of the room to die; she had strength, however, to defeat the schemers by consigning the staff of state to Lord Shrewsbury. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z It is mortgage fraud, Medicare fraud and the biggest Ponzi schemers in the history of the world were all exposed in Florida or with very deep connections to south Florida. ?The U? filmmaker says school?s administration ?endorsed? convicted felon Nevin Shapiro 2011-08-18T18:58:49Z Others who were the schemers, intriguing in the most cunningly devised plans imaginable, workers of iniquity and the greatest injustices in the guise of religious show. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z For you were always a cheater and a schemer, grabbing every earthly thing for your own profit. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z He was a shrewd schemer, and if it had not been for one thing his conclusions would have been sound. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z I’d rather have seen you the schemer of this machine, my boy, than the winner of the most tangled legal case.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Then she was presented as a liar, a schemer associated with criminals in the New York underworld, who may have taken down the next president of France for her own financial gain. Strauss-Kahn's accuser: Schemer or immigrant survivor? 2011-07-25T19:01:31Z These schemers and dabblers assumed to speak in the name of the Chartists, and the Chartists assumed to represent the people of England. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Jack's no such a deep schemer as all that comes to. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z This is to have to do with a schemer! a fellow who risks his life, for a chance of advancing his interest.—Always advantage in view! Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z Well, first to give the schemers a piece of her mind, then to rectify in so far as it lay within her power the shameful wrong they had done her. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Elmer, when he became enraged, was not the same cool, calculating schemer that he had the name of being under normal conditions. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z "Might not Her Highness look upon all the followers of the man, as so many vain schemers, should we return without success, as will most likely be the case—if, indeed, we ever return?" Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Does the blood of good Ethel Brand flow in the veins of such a hound as yonder schemer? Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z In these edgier patches of the city, whose schemers and dreamers were immortalized in the early 1960s by the film director Pier Paolo Pasolini, a new Rome is taking shape. Rome Journal: Bowlers and Batsmen Signal a Demographic Shift in an Eternal City 2011-06-03T05:19:59Z She had her good points, you see, this handsome, slang-affecting, cold-blooded schemer. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z “Well, if ever a sly schemer got caught in his own trap that fellow was,” remarked Paul, his indignation now getting the better of his sympathy. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z This was Columbus, who was very generally regarded by the multitude as a visionary schemer, and who necessarily shared in that sort of contemptuous obloquy that attaches itself to the character. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z He had gone away and given up his lands to one whom he considered a greedy schemer; and he had flung himself into another life, for the sake of her whom he loved. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z There, there, Mr. Van Henslaer, sits the wicked plotter and schemer. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z That one was Clytie; and, going over things in her mind, that extremely attractive schemer nodded her plotting head complacently and smiled to herself. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z You who, in the tales of dreamers, Sucked down ships and swallowed steamers, Made the prey of kitchen schemers? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 2011-05-24T02:00:14.667Z So Nan went off and left a houseful of schemers behind her. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z She would not be at the mercy of every schemer, every speculator, every unprincipled, unscrupulous manikin, who knows no better use for angels than to wash the dishes. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "He is too much of a schemer for that," he said. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z "Well, what on earth are you schemers going to dress me in?" demanded Zebedee at breakfast the next morning. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Even as the Feds use wiretaps and other sophisticated methods to police the financial industry, the schemers and schemes are proliferating. The Rajaratnam Conviction: How Big a Victory? 2011-05-12T03:30:42Z I never for a moment dreamed I had found such a subtle schemer. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z An adroit and tireless schemer, he usually steered safely in the troubled political sea, and only once, in an unguarded moment, dared the current of Mrs. Maurice's convictions. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z There are other types,—the schemer and the self-seeker, whose matrimonial ventures are only intended to advance worldly interests. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z He was considered as one of an eccentric class of schemers, and of an order which, concerning itself with mechanical matters, held the lowest position in the class. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Impostor, cheat, schemer; from embuste, a deceit, false or fraudulent scheme, snare. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z He showed her his card, and the old schemer returned triumphant to her niche among the dowagers. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Astute schemer as was Lunsford himself, he was not aware of certain motives actuating his master. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He was a diplomatist and a schemer of European fame. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z His idea has been, by more recent schemers, repeatedly brought forward as new. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z But while the schemers were scheming, the Prince was forming a very definite opinion of his own. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z And well may the schemers in office beware The swift retribution that waits upon crime, When the lion, Resistance, shall leap from his lair, With a fury that renders his vengeance sublime. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Luke was a clever person, a cunning schemer who weighed every action and made it count. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z All his life he had been a schemer; a builder of mighty plans, a great power in the destinies of great people. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z There he was, stretched on his bed, while villains and schemers were working his ruin! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z It nonetheless faces many potential headwinds, including a slowdown in trading revenue, litigation tied to mortgages and foreclosure activity, and a $6.4 billion lawsuit over its ties to imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. JPMorgan CEO Dimon awarded $17 million stock, options 2011-02-18T00:15:53Z I have been one gigantic, unmitigated schemer since I saw you last, planning for a happiness which is yours by a word, and which you deserve, Sid Hinchford. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Miss Judy said just as though she were some artful, calculating schemer, dealing with some keen and suspicious stranger who was likely to raise objections. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z It is impossible to hate the well-bred young schemer, because he is too clever, and his dupes are too silly. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Though the rolls of the deceased have long been a trove for schemers searching for votes, nobody seems to know why anyone would want to put up a dead man for election. Dead Man on Ballot: An Election Mystery 2011-01-30T02:10:04Z If she had been the common schemer, using her sex magnetism to provide luxuries and security—the golden cage, as she had called it in her youth—the way was easy. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z There are two sides to every question, however, and all soldiers know that once a schemer obtains the slightest privilege from the hospital or the doctor, his example is immediately followed by crowds of imitators. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z He was a great schemer, a man of imagination, and a brilliant financier. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z NEW YORK—A longtime "back office" employee of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff was again granted bail Friday after she was ordered jailed last month. Ex-Madoff Employee Granted Bail 2011-01-07T18:07:10Z He saw how Mrs Bathurst had manœuvred to bring this about, and resolved to make use of the opportunity in a way of which the schemer would not approve. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Could it be that the sly schemer, for the furtherance of his ambition to govern France, was about to turn traitor and betray the coalition? The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z So you two schemers intended to join forces all along! Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z She, too, looked upon him as a hungry schemer, the indirect cause of her uncle's death, a robber, if not a murderer! The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z NEW YORK—A longtime "back office" employee of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff renewed her efforts Monday to be released from jail pending trial, nearly two weeks after her bail was revoked. Ex-Madoff Employee Seeks Release 2011-01-03T17:18:38Z How is it the law allows schemers to found a "Lord's Treasury" by promising immortality to the geese who bring their money to it? Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z This was the great schemer's first stroke; his second was equally brilliant: the servile senate was appointed to create a provisional government and to construct a new constitution, to be guaranteed by the allies. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z It is his pride that leads him to avoid the lucky ones of the earth; he has no desire to be taken for a schemer. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z The targets were all Syrian Orthodox Jews who met the schemer in their synagogue. Wealth Matters: How to Avoid Being Taken in by a Ponzi Scheme 2010-12-10T21:12:00Z But the game may also portend the pace that football will be played at the college level and beyond because of the star schemers on each sideline, Auburn’s Malzahn and Oregon’s Kelly. Analysis: Title Game Promises to Be Sprint to the Finish 2010-12-06T04:00:00Z Osvaldo Alonso is a tenacious ball-winner and energetic schemer in midfield who scored one goal and assisted on another in the final four games. Sounders FC weekly release of team news and notes 2010-10-27T21:09:00Z But the Prussians were outraged at the possibility of such conduct, and the schemer was convinced that a show of resistance was imperative. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z He is not necessarily a schemer for that; where there is no meanness there is no scheming. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z One of the first things Mr. Ajamie does when someone who has been conned walks into his office is a search of the accused schemer. Wealth Matters: How to Avoid Being Taken in by a Ponzi Scheme 2010-12-10T21:12:00Z He was a schemer with a left foot that worked as football's equivalent of the tin-opener. Your greatest ever football XI: strikers 2010-10-20T09:03:00Z Thomas Jefferson was not only an eloquent writer and great philosopher, but also an ambitious political schemer. Glenn Beck's revisionist, apolitical history 2010-08-27T12:30:00Z Ponzi schemer Tom Petters on Friday asked an appeals court to send the case back for a new trial, saying they were not able to fully present arguments against some of his accusers. Petters seeks new trial after Ponzi conviction 2010-07-31T00:38:00Z For some NYers the survival might well be the sheer cussedness of the locals…what afterlife would be so anxious to welcome such kvetches, schemers and seeming malcontents? Better Health in the Big Apple 2010-06-29T18:20:00Z He's a very skilled technician and a schemer on the field. World Cup 2010: Germany plan for penalties before England match 2010-06-24T23:36:00Z NEW YORK—A key lieutenant to convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff was released on bail Tuesday pending his sentencing, some 11 months after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges. Madoff Lieutenant Released on Bail 2010-06-22T18:12:00Z Italy need their attacking schemer back as soon as possible. Italy 1-1 New Zealand 2010-06-20T16:25:00Z The Fiorentina schemer showed quality in flashes, but filling the boots of the injured Pirlo, one of the most alluring performers of the last World Cup, is a tall order. World Cup 2010: Italy show an unfamiliar lack of defensive charisma 2010-06-14T21:28:00Z A subtle midfielder of vision rather than pace, he was rugby's equivalent of a football midfield schemer. There are many ways to create exciting rugby, but none of them is simple | The Breakdown 2010-04-01T12:49:00Z Why is it so rare to find a female Ponzi schemer in the vast thicket of men happily absconding with their clients’ money? 2010-01-14T07:04:00Z Lefty said it quietly, not at all disturbed by the wrath of the outraged schemer. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager I tell you the whole of this town is full of liars and schemers that would hang you up for half a glass of whisky. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors He did not like to leave Tony to an unknown, unguessed-at fate; and he also felt very strongly that he would like that judicious schemer's advice on his next steps. The Gay Adventure A Romance Both were unscrupulous schemers and thieves at heart, but of the two Hill was the worse. Rockhaven But small mysteries, and the gender and background of the schemer notwithstanding, Mrs. Sladich’s fraud in the end is more familiar than not. 2010-01-14T07:04:00Z On the morrow the owner of the Blue Stockings was to feel the crushing grip of the triumphant schemer. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager That indefatigable schemer, whom even he now called the General Manager, had a dozen times summoned him for an excited consultation on some rumor which she had caught in passage. Making Money We are all schemers for our children—and just as in love and war, we consider everything fair so long as it works for their advantage. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Weston, a shrewd and smooth-tongued schemer, reading Hill at a glance, was not long in flattering that gullible man into a partnership and taking him and his money into camp, as it were. Rockhaven Jacob, viewed in one light, is just the most accomplished and successful schemer of his times; in another light, he is the grandest spiritual prince. Misread Passage of Scriptures It gave Lefty some satisfaction to feel that, for the 80 time being, at least, he had wiped the mocking grin from the schemer’s face. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager I can no longer remain silent in the presence of the schemers who seek to beguile you. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. If you are trying to tell me that Lallie Prescott is a schemer in regard to the future of her two daughters, why, I should be very much surprised to learn anything else. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Hill really held the purse-strings, so Weston, the plausible, shrewd schemer, bided his time. Rockhaven The schemers and plotters, whoever they were might let him rest in peace. The Guns of Europe First or last," replied Robinson, "it is my observation, Major, that these schemers and contrivers against others' lives are sure to come to account. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Well, it would be surprising if he, Travers Nugent, the finished schemer, were not equal to dealing with a half-demented foreign sailor, whose position was, to put it mildly, somewhat insecure. A Traitor's Wooing And there is not a loose-tongued schemer But could draw you if not dead, From her table and her bed. Two plays for dancers Never before had Winn realized that schemers could descend to such pitiful methods as to issue, sign, and keep record of stock at a nickel a share! Rockhaven This rule, indeed, does not apply to the schemers, speculators, or promoters, as they are called, who start so many companies. Political economy He can never have really loved her, of course, but you know that Gordon was always a schemer, that he had mapped out all his life like a man planning the building of a house. A Top-Floor Idyl We were heartily glad to be away from the jealous, political schemers so prevalent in the Army of the Potomac. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts Those who base their plans on the leadership of wild schemers and double-dyed traitors should be grateful if the outcome finds them unsmirched by the company they have kept. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois And the first thing that the clever schemer said to himself was this: “But what can be the man's motive in what he said to me?” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. For our worthy schemer Qubani would have thought me grotesque with a swelled eye, and you are bound to sustain some such damage in a rough-and-tumble with a big powerful devil like Steele. In the Whirl of the Rising He heard the curse of the defeated schemer, he felt the warmth and joy of gratitude. Jacob's Ladder The first lieutenant was a Methodist minister, a schemer and a shark. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts But the future of the blacks, and our own influence over them for good, depend on their being protected from themselves and from the schemers who would take advantage of them. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The rising flood of wheat is bound to submerge the schemers and the pessimists alike. The Romance of the Reaper This was the place of the rocket-men, the miners, the schemers, the workers, who had come from another, younger world. The Legion of Lazarus Hey, Aberdeen, are ye Premier yet, We must have some cleverer schemer yet, Or the Russian cat Whom ye love to pat, Will be over to lick up her cream here yet. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But, like most cool schemers in what concerns the affections, she makes her errors. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 They are natural born actors, the Americans; they are good schemers and fine planners. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories When the Las Cruces Company was formed and work on the great Sangre de Cristo dam and canal was actually begun, they saw Elijah only as they saw themselves, a schemer after unearned money. The Vision of Elijah Berl Alaska has furnished a fertile field for unscrupulous schemers to enrich themselves at the expense of credulous investors. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) Had that matchless schemer Mitchel sent her a note warning her to say that there were but seven in the original set? An Artist in Crime One lady shows her ankle, and is set down as an immodest schemer; another covers her neck, and is suspected of a cutaneous affection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 He was no subtle schemer and planner, but rather an easy natured soul, who drifted here and there with all the tides and favorable or unfavorable winds of circumstance. The "Genius" At times the schoolmaster felt ready to believe anything of James Anson Drane—he was a schemer, a traitor, and was doubtless even now plotting against the Government. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge With the successful wrecking of the stage there were yet large chances against the schemers getting possession of the safe and its contents. The Blue Goose Talented schemer that she was, she did not believe for a moment that Simmonds had told the truth at Bristol. Cynthia's Chauffeur To some, Aguinaldo is their idol, but to me he is a base schemer who wants everything, and only for his own glory. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon That he was a villain and a schemer I was sure, though I had had no possible means of proving it. The House by the Lock "I tell you he's a political schemer and traitor, and if he ever dares show his face on my premises again, I'll have him flogged." Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge And the first thing the clever schemer said to himself was this:— "But what can be the man's motive in what he said to me?" The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 She felt herself a schemer, an intriguer, which she was not. Coquette The schemer and the promoter will find victims who will put their money into companies whose future is wholly hopeless. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... So great was my dread of Wildred as a criminal, and my respect for him as a schemer, that I even feared dimly for Karine's safety with him. The House by the Lock Apparently the failure of his plan discouraged the schemer, for they were not annoyed any further during the remainder of the night. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France He had to become the insidious and devious schemer, acting through sharp lawyers instead of by an armed force. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The proud Ptomenite Princess pushed forward, her cold eyes on Mike and he realized of course, why the two Terran schemers could talk so freely. Before Egypt It was so significantly said, that her face changed; and the schemer, fearful of the sinister ambiguity of his expressions, hastened to explain. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The only bank that Blackwater had ever had or needed was the safe in Old Whiskers’ saloon; and now this rich schemer, this iron-handed robber, was going to start a bank! Wunpost That wily schemer Jules Baggott might have yet another ambuscade prepared for them a little further on, and such a tool was apt to come in handy in case of a surprise. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France As a boy he had been both–a crafty schemer and reckless doer–but now he was grown to a man. Shadow Mountain Often the editor, before accepting the advertisement from the land company, makes a personal visit to the company's main office to find out whether the advertisement is honest or put out by schemers and crooks. A Stake in the Land But older and wiser schemers than he are often doomed to see their finest-spun projects swept to annihilation by the sudden broom of Fate, that fell housewife whose red arm none can control. Shirley So the little lady told herself, surveying the situation in her quick brain, and deceiving herself completely, as many a shrewder schemer than she, when self-entangled in the devious plottings of this life. The Rustler of Wind River He, too, believed that the Secret Agent must be in the employ of the schemer; but it might not be advisable to say so as bluntly as Josh seemed capable of doing. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Most of them, under the pressure of schemers and enthusiasts, were willing to assume and ready to exercise any power deemed expedient, regardless of the organic law. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Safe merchants, and visionary schemers; sagacious adventurers, and rash speculators; frugal beginners, and retired millionaires, are constantly around them. Twelve Causes of Dishonesty She was the finest, deepest, subtlest schemer in Europe. Shirley I wonder," he added with a puzzled look, "I wonder if the old schemer was looking this far ahead. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs One of these schemers who ruled him was his secretary, Gashford, a man of ugly face, with beetling brows and great flapped ears. Tales from Dickens Lean Wilkes, the baker, was watching the trust schemer with baleful eye, and now his slow tongue evolved a pretty retort. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Some of Antonio’s schemes he had fathomed, being himself a sort of schemer in his own stupid way. Jessica, the Heiress It is true that the chief political schemers are by no means illiterate but it is upon illiteracy in the mass that they must depend to carry out their plans. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V And the programme for the afternoon and evening was carried on according to the beautiful schemer's arrangement. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend The Bishop of Rochester's connexion with the Nun had been culpably encouraging; and the responsibility of Sir Thomas More was held also to be very great in having countenanced, however lightly, such perilous schemers. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. "I scarcely know yet, myself," said the schemer. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Jeff was being left alone for his own good, and he smiled after the kind little schemer, before he took his hat and went down town to find Weedon Moore. The Prisoner The great Whig gentlemen made their bows and congees with proper decorum and ceremony; but yonder keen old schemer knows the value of their loyalty. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The boy, however, at once executed it without a mistake, and thus the malicious schemer was foiled by his own device. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History "Government interference, the panacea of cranks and schemers." The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses "Well, all that is none the worse," said the schemer. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 New York.—It is the place to ascertain the manœuvres of political schemers. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 What a situation for a man!—for a philanthropist—for a lover of right and truth—for a magnificent designer and schemer! Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges He wandered off, changed from the resourceful schemer to the dreamy man of scientific abstractions. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 I'm a schemer too, Mister Asgill, only—one at a time, one at a time! The Wild Geese Well," this schemer said, drawing the back of his hand across his mouth, "if you want the gun, you'll have to make it. Sunlight Patch |
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