Word: deceitful
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...nature in The Prince. People are so "ungrateful, fickle, [and] false," he wrote, that a ruler should comfortably abandon conventional morality in dealing with them. He should slay deposed rulers and their families, recognize that friendship "yields nothing," and, beneath a veneer of compassion and honesty, master treachery and deceit. In short, because man is evil, leaders must know "how to do evil...
...down and shut up. As Americans, we are vested by the Constitution with the duty and right to speak out against wrong and possibly criminal behavior by our government. As long as we're Americans, we will raise our voices in discontent when we recognize tomfoolery and deceit. Larry Gibson, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA...
...City lawyer on the run from a crime of passion - brought him a $1.1 million deal from New York's Hyperion Books and billing as the next John Grisham. He got $1 million for his next thriller, The Job, about an ambitious young salesman enmeshed in a web of deceit. Like its predecessor, the book sold decently but failed to earn back the advance. "On the book tour, I could sense it was tanking," Kennedy recalls. "I was 41. I decided I was going off to write what I wanted...
...tried to deceive Ashcroft, because, according to Comey's testimony, he did not make it "crystal clear" that Ashcroft was being asked to sign off on a program that the Justice Department had already found to be illegal. The Texas disciplinary rules prohibit lawyers from engaging in "conduct involving...deceit." There's plenty of room to argue whether the eavesdropping program is, in fact, legal, or whether Gonzales at least believed at the time that that it was legal. But let's assume Gillers is correct. Now what...
...scored in first-class games. In the U.S. or Europe, the admission of such chicanery in pursuit of a hallowed sports milestone would likely be condemned as unscrupulous, if not immoral. But in Brazil, where the original malandros of samba songs were celebrated for their ability to triumph through deceit and cunning, Romario remains a hero - or, at worst, a lovable rogue. He is the bad-boy-made-good, and in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, everyone loves someone who can put one over on authority...