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Word: dishonestly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smog. All the adults are serious and somber, and no one has enough "gift of gab" to tell stories except for Haroun's father. When the father loses this ability Haroun must help his father and several other adults regain their happiness. Among the various morals presented here: dishonest, power-hungry sad people are bad; national animosities are misfounded; and children should respect their elders...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Morality and Children: Two Views | 1/23/1991 | See Source »

...Kuwait is not Vietnam. And Saudi Arabian deserts are not Vietnamese jungles. Suggesting that the two are similar is both dishonest and demeaning to veterans of America's longest...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Saddam, You're No Ho Chi Minh | 12/15/1990 | See Source »

...industry has resisted the creation of reasonable regulation," Dassenko told a group of the reinsurers from whom Transit is now trying to collect. "As a result, dishonest, unethical and incompetent competitors play on the same field with honest businessmen who exercise good judgment." In effect, the bad guys charge too little for insurance, living high on the hog and then just putting their companies into bankruptcy when the claims come due. "The end result," says Dassenko, "is that the good businessmen suffer twice: first by losing business to the bad guys whose rates they can't match; and then again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not A Sure Thing | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...government regardless of its actions and to minimize damage to Israel's reputation. AIPAC has a student affiliate at Harvard called HIPAC which shares the same goals. Thus, it is no coincidence that HIPAC's "Facts about a Tragedy" advertisement was biased toward Israel. But what I find particularly dishonest is Enis' reliance on this advertisement in his editorial. Any reader who read both the advertisement and Enis' editorial would have noticed the same "facts," the same wording, even the same quote from an Israeli official. It doesn't take a lot of intelligence to see how Israeli propaganda works...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Excuses for Israeli Actions | 10/17/1990 | See Source »

...else is lying on their fellowship applications, and you consider yourself to be as worthy of the fellowship as anyone else, then isn't lying yourself the truly honest thing to do? Under these conditions, wouldn't telling the truth actually give the fellowship committee an inaccurate, and therefore dishonest, perception of how you stack up against the other candidates...

Author: By Brian D. Reich, | Title: Guide to Fellowships | 10/16/1990 | See Source »

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