Word: dishonestly
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...wants to publicly admit that Iraq and the U.N. are playing a game. Journalists and diplomats who take Iraq’s latest moves seriously are either dishonest or remarkably dense. Does anyone really find it hard to believe that Saddam Hussein prefers to prolong his life rather than face certain destruction at the hands of the most destructive military force ever created? Hussein will work with the U.N. because convincing a huge multinational bureaucracy to dither and delay is much more rewarding that having your house blown...
...problem with the name Patriot Day goes deeper than its failure to see the worldwide aspect of the Sept. 11 tragedy. Putting a patriotic spin on such a day is emotionally and intellectually dishonest. Thinking of patriotism on Sept. 11 would no doubt make us feel better about the tragedy, but the anniversary is a time when we need to feel the deep sadness of the event. Something terrible happened on Sept. 11, and we should not try to lessen our grief by ascribing false meaning to the attacks...
...much to be done about the plight of those who sublet for the summer, other than accepting inevitable financial loss at the outset. Given the relatively small sums of money involved and short duration of summer sublets, there’s little threat of any legal consequences to dishonest renters. And given the limited supply and incredible demand for summer intern housing, even in the midst of a recession, it’s certainly a seller’s market...
What's behind all this professional prevarication? No one knows for certain, but personnel managers, the gatekeepers of the work force, say it's getting harder and harder to distinguish honest applicants from the growing number of dishonest ones. "Lying," says Wendy Bliss, a consultant with the Virginia-based Society for Human Resource Management, "is happening on a very large scale...
...This report is breathtakingly dishonest or breathtakingly incompetent...or both...