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Hardballing it to the end, Ben Bradlee insisted that any fail-safe system could not protect against "a pathological liar." On its editorial page, however, the Post concluded: "It seems to all of us around this newspaper that warning bells of some kind should have sounded." Some did, and were not listened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: The Pulitzer Hoax-Who Can Be Believed? | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...week a Maricopa County grand jury charged him with 14 counts of lying before one of the bar's committees. Ironically, in his reaction to the indictment, Kleindienst recalled, consciously or not, a famous denial made by his onetime boss Richard Nixon. Said Kleindienst: "I am not a liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Watergate Ghosts Rise Again | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...made several payoffs to Anthony Provenzano, a Mafia chieftain and Teamsters Union boss. But after examining 90,000 canceled checks and a similar amount in invoices at Donovan's firm, the FBI could find no corroboration for Picardo's charge. Donovan called his accuser "a pathological liar and murdering slime." Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch noted that Donovan's nomination had been "one of the most rigorously scrutinized in our country's history," but he expressed some lingering unease. "If any of these allegations prove to be true," he told Donovan, "it'll be one miserable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Change of Direction: Reagan Starts to Make His Aims Known | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

Next time someone preaches that "every vote counts," call him or her a fool, a liar, or simply naive. I waited in line 1½ hours at my neighborhood elementary school to vote for a candidate who, three time zones away, had already conceded defeat. What a patriotic dilemma! Should I stay in line and vote anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 24, 1980 | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...Stepien had just barred him from conversing with all Cavalier employees. Stepien resorted to such measures after Franklin ridiculed the new team fight song, comparing it to a beer-hall polka. After the edict, Franklin took time off from his regular "Pigskin Pete" feature to call Stepien a "pathological liar" and threaten court action. And you're still listening to Clif and Claf...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Give Houk a Chance | 10/29/1980 | See Source »

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