Word: fakeness
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Yang, a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), was arrested after illegally returning to China using fake documents in pursuit of his mission of fighting for democracy in his home country...
...learned from the anonymous phone call that Chinese authorities had discovered Yang had fake identification and five police officers took him to a hotel room. The officers searched his baggage and then he was kept in the room with two officers guarding him, according...
Just days before Ferrara’s escape, another suspected murderer, Joseph Menconni, broke out of prison in Borgo, Corsica. His accomplices forced their way into the prison with a fake bazooka that scared the guards. Like Ferrara, this was also Menconni’s second time breaking out of prison, which, combined with the fact that the fake-bazooka tactic is so reminiscent of Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run, makes it understandable that the French government is embarrassed. It’s hard for a country to project an image as an enforcer...
...Bangkok has become a magnet for antiquities from all over Asia, where the knowledgeable shopper can find anything from genuine Burmese images of the Buddha to Tibetan monastic furniture. Of course, there are also plenty of cleverly forged fakes so, as in most Asian antiquities markets, caveat emptor. With opium habiliments, shop owners don't always deceive their customers on purpose. Many are clueless as to what is real and what is a reproduction. For instance, if an "opium pipe" has a bowl made from wood or resin or anything else that's flammable, chances are it's a very...
...dancing and whistling first-year was crowned the second Miss Harvard at the mock pageant—marked by a cellophane evening dress, a dance featuring mouthwash and fake accents galore—held in Leverett House Dining Hall Friday night...