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...novelty of margaritagate wears off, the most beguiling question to emerge from Austin is not why Jenna Bush used a fake ID in a place where literally everyone knew her name, but why the Secret Service agents hanging out at Chuy's restaurant in their Hawaiian shirts didn't do anything to stop her. According to a Secret Service source, agents have specific instructions from the President and First Lady to turn a blind eye to the collegiate high jinks of the First Daughters. "It's not our job to be substitute parents," the source says. "Our function...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Page Two | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...heard of a rival printer who has been producing bogus train-engineer diplomas.) But Wang figures it's better to be in a train accident than a plane crash?though it may not make much of a difference, considering how many doctors in China are practicing thanks to fake accreditation certificates from printing shops like Wang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Phony Papers | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...train, the first thing most newcomers pick up is a phony ID that enables them to safely reside in boomtowns like Shanghai and Shenzhen. Once they have an ersatz residence card, they then count on people like Wang and his crew of seven forgers for an array of fake diplomas and job certificates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Phony Papers | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...Sources indicate that the poor fools on Bow Street have already hired cronies to traverse the sea and capture the errant bird, so that he can be resoldered atop the Lampoon Castle. Adding insult to injury, he would be forced to share his old prison with a shoddily constructed, fake plastic imposter...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Year in Review | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

November 27, 1972: The day after Yale trounces Harvard Football 28-17, the Yale Daily News publishes a fake Crimson announcing Kissinger’s return. The farce “fooled students, many of whom were still hung over from post-game partying...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Timeline: 1972-1976 | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

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