Word: fakeness
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Silverglate voiced his concern over how changing moods across the country, especially in relation to fears of terrorism, have influenced charges are brought against criminals, a major theme in the book he is currently writing. Silverglate cited an MIT student arrested for a fake Styrofoam bomb in Logan Airport and a professor accused of bioterror in protest...
...march down Quincy St. and Mass. Ave. drew bemused glances from tourists and prospective students and silent confusion from local pedestrians. But other reactions were less favorable. “I would think Harvard students have better things to do with their time than institute fake protests,” said Harvard Republican Club President Caleb L. Weatherl ’10. “It’s mindless stuff like this that gives people the impression that Harvard is full of crazy, fringe left-wingers.” Weatherl was particularly critical of the group?...
...airbases in Iraq in 2004 as part of his arms trafficking. He had a shadowy financial network stretching from Europe to Africa to the Middle East. And he apparently dealt with any kind of weapon a potential buyer wanted. He was set to close a deal with the fake FARC representatives involving surface-to-air missiles and armor-piercing rocket launchers. His fee for delivering the weapons would have been $5 million...
...actually reality, but my reality, my way of surviving.' MISHA DEFONSECA, Belgian writer, apologizing after her best-selling memoir of surviving the Holocaust was revealed to be fake. She isn't Jewish and was never in the Warsaw ghetto, as she had claimed...
...Tuesday, Team Obama found the Concord Athletic Club near the San Antonio airport, where he played five on five with aides and his Secret Service detail. He is captain, coach and referee all at once, signaling teammates to set up plays. A lefty, Obama keeps opponents off balance: fake right, then go left with a very quick crossover dribble and a finish to the basket with his left hand. His instinct is to play opponents very close - though nowadays, says Craig Robinson, "everybody's being real careful not to give him a fat lip or something that would show...