Word: boredness
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None of the four living ex-Presidents harbor any of these complaints. Not long ago Gerald Ford thought back over his short but tumultuous residence, remembering the high of becoming President and the low of losing to Jimmy Carter. Then he smiled and said about himself and his wife Betty...
"To some extent, the faculty are a model ofconfrontational, adverse dealing," Fisher says."Too often we take eager, idealistic law studentsand turn out jaded, bored, greedy J.D.s who wantto make money."
These numbers indicate a degree of public skepticism that seems, paradoxically, naive and more than a little excessive in the bargain. True, both major presidential candidates have well-established and largely self- administered credibility problems. "Read my lips" -- Bush's infamous 1988 pledge not to raise taxes -- and "I didn...
1. Lies to protect others, or "I love your dress." Most "little white lies" belong here, well-intentioned deceptions designed to grease the gears of society. In this context, people want to be fooled. No one expects, and few would welcome, searing honesty at a dinner party. And the couple...
"Well, we were all bored one night, so westarted throwing things down the stairwell," saidBush.