Word: denialism
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...went on to earn millions in private high-stakes games and won the World Series of Poker three times. Reese, who valued his family more than tournament play, once left a table where he was losing by $700,000 to attend his son's Little League game. His secret: denial. "If you think about the money and what it means," he said, "you're gone." Reese was 56 and died of a heart attack...
...biggest name of all had to be Roger Clemens, considered by many the greatest pitcher of all time. Of course it shouldn't really be all that surprising that the Rocket, who issued a vehement denial Thursday evening, made Mitchell's roll call. After all, in 2006, the Los Angeles Times had reported that Clemens and Andy Pettitte, another star of the Mitchell report, were among the players former pitcher Jason Grimsley (yup, he's in there too) accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. But for whatever reason, after his denials, most people largely gave Clemens a pass. The "suspected...
Turkey has made headlines in the past year with its continued effort to enter the European Union, its denial that Turkish massacres of Armenians in the early 20th Century constituted genocide, and its recent military incursions into northern Iraq to attack Kurdish militants...
...Sundquist administration reserved the coup de grâce for a larger audience. Standing opposite an audience of students, faculty, and alumni on that soggy October day, Petersen delivered a shameful harangue, condescending to University President Drew G. Faust upon her installation and demanding that the “denial of student citizenship” end immediately...
What war planners call "denial and deception" is a key part of any military campaign, and congressional Democrats believe it is also figuring into the campaign to secure funding for the Iraq war. As the Bush administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill square off over war funding, the White House and its Pentagon allies are warning that the military will soon have to start shutting down stateside bases if more money isn't provided for the war. But congressional Democrats say there is plenty of slush in the Pentagon's funds, and that the military, and the war, can continue...