We need more bean counters and fewer accountant tricksters acting like investment bankers and financial engineers.

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But in the end, once Nixon's dirty tricksters started to be indicted, the public turned against him.

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The tricksters then permanently divert the number to a local rate call and scoop up the difference between the premium rate and the local call.

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Others said they routinely skip certain procedures designed to catch tricksters.

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He mixes it up with conjurers, tricksters and illusionists, skilled magicians who can alter our perception and seemingly shift the laws of nature before our very eyes.

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Of course, most folks claimed that their primary intentions were to "spare others' feelings, " but we're not so sure these tricksters didn't start lying to the surveyors.

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"It is not right that consumers who don't have the mental capacity to fend off tricksters should have to pay the price, " said Teresa Perchard, director of policy at Citizens Advice.

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They may even be tricksters.

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