Word: dishonestly
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...legal defender's office--frequently to discover what Peace Corps Volunteers and VISTA workers also have found, namely, that to help people is not the easiest thing in the world, but one of the most difficult, and that poor people of whatever race are especially suspicious and are often dishonest. Some of these students whose commitment to justice and to social change is not immoderate may conclude that the problems of the rich are after all more interesting as well as more rewarding than those of the poor...
...tell-'em-and-test-'em" process, Holt claims, not only induces fear and discourages experimentation but leads to a concentration on answers rather than problems-and it is "dishonest and the students know it." Teachers coach the kids for the tests and care more about "the appearance" of knowledge than for real understanding. "What would happen," Holt asks, "at Harvard or Yale if a prof gave a surprise test in March on work covered in October? Everyone knows what would happen; that's why they don't do it." In this "temple of worship for right...
...against advising anyone how to avoid the draft, but the resistors have not been deterred. They are quite open about what they are doing. Ray Mungo, a member of the group, describes their activities in these terms: "We are unabashedly using every means possible to inhabit, retard, and be dishonest with the Selective Service System...Our position has been philosophically anarchistic. That is, we make no moral judgements about why a kid wants out. If he wants out, we get him out the best...
...Portia has long been a symbol of justice, and has even lent her name to law schools. But this Portia is out-and-out dishonest. When the suitors for her hand come to make their choices from among the caskets, they are of course supposed to have free rein, as prescribed in her father's will. But this Portia does everything she can to lead the princes of Morocco and Arragon to a wrong choice and Bassanio to the right one. She cheats on her own father...
...same apolitical, up-with-purity-and-unity image. As with Eisenhower, he is a midwesterner with the backing of Eastern Republicans; his support does not stem from his policies and statements. Romney's appeal rests upon his supposed ability to defeat a President increasingly regarded as insincere and dishonest...