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...some ways, lying in general has become a lot easier. The breakdown of communities and the peripatetic habits of the population, notes Charles Ford, author of Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!: The Psychology of Deceit, have made lying harder to uncover. If you live in a condo in San Diego, you can pretend you were captain of your high school football team in Akron, Ohio. But for public figures, it's precisely the opposite: TV and the mass media turn the whole country into one small town...
...Service agents and government lawyers. Clinton's successors, if they are men or women of unimpeachable character and conduct, can go a long way to set things right. Reagan was the latest President to test the resilience of the office: following the disgrace of Nixon and the disappointments of Ford and Carter, books about the presidency dismissed the job as an empty chair. Reagan showed what conviction and charisma can do. Even those who hated his policies acknowledged his mastery of the magic. Someone else will surely come along to restore the mystique; but it will take more than charm...
Americans buying cars are in the driver's seat, with vehicles more affordable than at any time in 18 years, according to a new study by Comerica Bank. Last week Ford said prices on its 1999 models would drop an average of 0.3%, the first such slide in 30 years. Prices at Chrysler and Nissan will also stay largely the same, with more options thrown...
Apocalypse Now went so far overbudget that Francis Ford Coppola had to mortgage his house. Titanic's tab was so big two studios had to go dutch. And don't get me started on Waterworld. But no story factory in recent memory has gotten less bang for its buck (no pun intended, of course) than the White House, in this, its ongoing remake...
...soccer field, but I would like Stein to go to a baseball game and calculate the percentage of players who are "fat and unfit." It is probably about the same as the percentage of people in the U.S. who have a Mohawk haircut--not counting the Berkeley area. EDDIE FORD Berkeley, Calif...