Word: dishonestly
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...Falk accuses Mr. Rugg of: >Creating the impression that most advertising is dishonest by citing exceptional examples. Widely advertised products, argues Mr. Falk, are more likely to be of good quality than those not advertised, because a producer of identifiable goods "is usually wise enough to protect their reputation by delivering quality products...
...Senator Costigan went leaders of Colorado's struggling mine unions. Late in the summer of 1928 they signed a famed document: the first mine union contract in Colorado's history. Its far-seeing purpose: "To establish industrial justice, substitute reason for violence, integrity and good faith for dishonest practices, and a union of effort for the chaos of present economic warfare...
...Under the circumstances," says Mr. Cope, "it would simply be dishonest . . . money being collected abroad for this children's relief...
Upshot of the difficulties in Spain, Mr. Cope announced, was that the Quakers were pulling out. "It would simply be dishonest to continue in Spain to spend the money being collected abroad for this children's relief," he said. "Franco has assured us he would like to have us continue the work until we are ready to retire, but it is evident that he wants the food, not us. There is no way of being sure where the food is likely...
...Students were most likely to be dishonest in their school work, which led Miss Omwake to observe that the traditional school curriculum, stressing competition for marks, "may promote dishonesty." Of her students, 33% said they would be tempted to cheat in an examination if they could get away with it; 50% would be tempted if most of their classmates cheated; 79% had actually cheated in an examination at least once...