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...customs officials. At the time, he signed receipts saying the guns were for Army use, but in his testimony he insisted that the receipts were a mere "formality." Not so, said a spokesman for one of the donors, Chicago Police Superintendent James Conlisk: "The general is engaging in falsehood." Last June, seven of the weapons were seized as part of an illegal arms shipment to rebels in Haiti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: The Military Mafia | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

...could argue that American English is under siege from linguistic falsehood, but euphemisms today have the nagging persistence of a headache. Despite the increasing use of nudity and sexual innuendo in advertising, Madison Avenue is still the great exponent of talking to "the average person of good upbringing"-as one TV executive has euphemistically described the ordinary American-in ways that won't offend him. Although this is like fooling half the people none of the time, it has produced a handsome bouquet of roses by other names. Thus there is "facial-quality tissue" that is not intended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE EUPHEMISM: TELLING IT LIKE IT ISN'T | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

...Justice compounded his own troubles-and the furor in Congress-by brushing off LIFE'S original disclosure of the Wolfson link with a preliminary statement that omitted so much that it was almost a falsehood. It was not until the FBI had quizzed Wolfson in prison-using the power of a grand jury to force his testimony and to give him immunity from prosecution in connection with it-that Fortas wrote a fuller statement, along with his resignation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: JUDGMENT ON A JUSTICE | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...Never leave just a small light burning when you are leaving home. This has been used as a disguise so much that even the novice burglar comprehends that it is a falsehood and that no one is within the dwelling. When leaving your home for a shopping trip or an evening out, turn your radio on so that it can be heard by anyone standing near your front or rear door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: Advice from a Burglar | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

...York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) vastly extended freedom of the press, holding that a public official could not collect on a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he could prove that it was made recklessly or in malice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: THE COURT'S MAJOR DECISIONS | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

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