Word: fibbing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When she appeared on 60 Minutes in all her high-cheekboned, Virginia gentry poise, Kathleen Willey looked like a woman whose most egregious lie might have been a fib about her dress size. But whether or not the former White House volunteer was telling the truth about her encounter with Bill Clinton, it seems that she has not been above baroque acts of deception...
...when the battle's joined? "We've got to get some health reform passed," says a top HHS official. "We could be gone in '96 if we don't. We'll drop 'medically necessary' if we have to, but maybe the language that would permit abortions if women fib will survive. It may be immoral to say women should lie, but too many have struggled for too long despite Roe as the law -- and that's immoral...
That task would be easy if humans resembled Pinocchio (as Clinton claims Bush does), with their noses growing longer each time they told a lie. People, unfortunately, can fib without suffering physiognomic changes. It would be helpful, then, if there were some hidden manifestation of lying, invisible to most people but clear to psychics or visionaries. The closest that real life has managed to come to this fictional power is the polygraph machine, which has a few serious drawbacks. It can be stumped by accomplished actors or those delusional enough to believe their own statements, and even experts disagree...
...Maybe a Tiny Little Fib: Fine, so he did offer to cut a deal for less. But he was yelling...
Actually, as portrayed by actor David Leisure, the prevaricating Joe Isuzu has become one of the most popular figures in advertising. (No kidding.) Since he told his first fib four years ago, he has gained wide recognition for his once obscure namesake. But after 35 commercials, his extravagant claims for Isuzu cars and trucks are coming to an end. The automaker said last week that next fall's campaign for three new lines of vehicles will rely on humor, but Joe will be nowhere in sight. The reason may be that Joe is losing his edge, which some ad experts...