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...weapons, would aim his cheap key-ring flashlight at the scalp of a suspect, then scan from head to toe before flashing the light onto his wristwatch and humming softly. The Iraqi, perhaps convinced that his thoughts and secrets had been electronically captured in a Casio, would often confess...
...when human trust is a part of the system, the potential for errors on a grand scale increases. 2003 saw one of the most respected journalistic institutions on the planet--the New York Times--confess that it had published dozens of stories by a young reporter, Jayson Blair, that were completely or partly made up. Fact checking hadn't caught his deceptions; editors who had warned about him were ignored; what seem in retrospect to be glaring inconsistencies in his stories were regarded as true and valid by some of the biggest names in the field. Other stories that seemed...
...real is it? Sure, it’s entertaining to see Jessica confess that she assumed “Chicken of the Sea” really was chicken, or that she always thought “platypus” was pronounced “platy-ma-pus.” This is the stuff “Simpsons” jokes are made of. But suppose Jessica were to say something marginally insightful. Suppose Nick were to confess to Jessica that—his emotional abuse notwithstanding—he loved her more than he ever could love another woman...
...punch process was grueling. “Anyone who wanted to join had to confess something weird about themselves, thereby creating a circle of trust between the members,” says Chevalier...
...children. A horny, socially inept waiter (Kris Marshall) flies all the way to Wisconsin hoping for the sex he can't get in London and, of all things, finds it. A couple of movie stand-ins repeatedly get naked for the cameraman, boredly discuss London traffic and don't confess their love until they get their clothes...