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Certainty about lying is suspect because the practice is extraordinarily complex. Discussions of the subject usually begin with the assumption that everyone present agrees on what a lie actually is. A lie happens, a rough definition might assert, when someone does not tell the truth. Unfortunately, the relationship between lying and the truth is nowhere near this simple. A false statement need not be a lie. "The earth is flat," coming from a member of the Flat Earth Society, is not a lie but a statement of belief. Furthermore, a true statement can be a lie. Imagine a dishonest agent...
Harvard (1-2-0 overall, 0-1-0 Ivy) lost its second straight at Cumnock Field in a game that saw an experienced Brown team (4-1-0 overall, 2-0-0 Ivy) assert its authority over the young Crimson squad...
...draft was not the only cudgel the Baker forces were wielding against Clinton's integrity. Bush has begun to assert with increasing intensity that Clinton's record on the Gulf War, the North American Free Trade Agreement and even fuel economy standards for new automobiles is riddled with inconsistencies...
Bisexual behavior may serve a similar function for another highly intelligent mammal: the dolphin. "Sometimes male dolphins use homosexual sex to assert dominance over other males, and other times they use it in a friendly way, but always they are negotiating relationships," says Richard Connor, a biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
...them inside only after insisting that no Americans could be on the team, Saddam was able to portray himself as a leader on the comeback trail, tenacious and triumphant even against a superpower foe. Senior U.S. and British officials believe that one reason Saddam provoked the showdown was to assert his authority after uncovering a coup plot two months ago that resulted in 200 executions. If Saddam can embarrass Bush and contribute to a Republican defeat in November, the Iraqi President will exact delicious revenge and score another propaganda coup to dishearten potential rivals at home...