Word: faking
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...matter how good an actress you are, it's tough to fake being sick when paparazzi have snapped you at a karaoke bar. The producers of LINDSAY LOHAN's film, Georgia Rule, have accused the young actress of malingering. In a letter delivered to Lohan's L.A. hotel and posted on the Smoking Gun website (gee, wonder who leaked that?), the CEO of Morgan Creek Productions said she was "a spoiled child" and "ongoing heavy partying is the real reason for your so called 'exhaustion.'" He threatened to seek damages from Lohan, 20, who plays an unruly teen...
...country with the inedible cuisine." That remark didn't show a large amount of cultural or journalistic savvy. Unfortunately I can't show much compassion for his endurance of "smiles locked in place." Having lived in the U.S. for a year as an exchange student, I don't think fake smiles and forced politeness should be foreign to an American. My country made a great effort to be host of the World Cup and help fans from other countries feel welcome. It is sad when old prejudices are brought up in an attempt at satire. For the first time...
...dozens of civil lawsuits and the claims of more than a hundred suspects, it was by force - sometimes a cattle prod held to a man's groin, or a burn caused by a radiator. One suspect said he was electrocuted during interrogation. Another says Burge forced him to play fake Russian roulette. Over the years, hundreds of similar stories emerged, some with enough merit that they factored large in former Gov. George Ryan?s decision to declare a moratorium on executions in Illinois in 2000 and clear the state?s Death...
...shek's authoritarianism to full-fledged democracy. Democracy means nothing less than all the political, press and religious freedoms we currently enjoy. It certainly does not mean having a totalitarian dictatorship appoint an unelected administrator for us. But the Chinese Communist Party thinks it is possible to impose such fake democracy-its "one country, two systems" policy-on Taiwan. The party's efforts are in vain. We have tasted true freedom; therefore we shall never again give it up. The future of Taiwan can be decided only by its 23 million people. Chiu is correct: "The island's democracy...
...Iraqis know that this may not be enough to protect them. In the days following Omar Farooq's harrowing experience, his family quickly acquired fake IDs for all its children. Seeking police protection was never an option - many of the cops in the neighborhood are former members of the Mahdi Army, the violent Shi'ite militia loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The family didn't feel it could turn to Shi'ite neighbors for support, either. Since the Feb. 22 bombing of the Shi'ite mosque in Samarra, relations between Shi'ites and Sunnis in mixed neighborhoods...