Word: dishonestly
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...relationship between two people who rarely see each other and have nothing in common can still be love. And I couldn't help wondering if my dad's constant suggestion to call my grandmother because "it's all she talks about to her friends all week" is slightly dishonest. But even though she didn't want to do anything with me, Mama Ann did seem awfully happy to just sit and talk and see her family together. Tea, seeing a musical, antiques shopping--those were my images of what old people want. Actually, they're just things I want...
...contacted to determine the severity of the lies. Some colleagues suspect that Ellis will resign before the investigation is complete. "He's devastated by this," says O'Shea. Academics, and historians in particular, traditionally think of truth as their gospel and the classroom as their church. "Knowingly being dishonest in class is just as great an act of moral turpitude as being knowingly dishonest or inaccurate in your written work," says David Garrow, a Pulitzer prizewinning historian at Emory University...
...coverage because I had a so-called pre-existing condition--fibrocystic, or "lumpy," breasts, which my doctor had known about and assured me are common and not precancerous. I believe the insurer used the condition as an excuse to reject my coverage. The company argued that I had been dishonest by not disclosing the condition. The argument cost me $50,000 and immeasurable psychic pain...
...fees and takes an average of 12 1/2 months from beginning to end. And victory can be Pyrrhic. According to a government study, only a fifth of the $161 million awarded to customers was paid out in 1998, in part because investors were stuck dealing with paperwork while their dishonest brokers skipped town or filed for bankruptcy. Although NASD is doing a better job of tracking award payments, the agency can't force defunct brokers to cough up anything. Starting this month, however, investors in such cases will be allowed to bypass the mandatory arbitration process and ask a judge...
...contacted to determine the severity of the lies. Some colleagues suspect that Ellis will resign before the investigation is complete. "He's devastated by this," says O'Shea. Academics, and historians in particular, traditionally think of truth as their gospel and the classroom as their church. "Knowingly being dishonest in class is just as great an act of moral turpitude as being knowingly dishonest or inaccurate in your written work," says David Garrow, a Pulitzer prizewinning historian at Emory University...