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...kept trying -- making up to 15 visits in some cases to win them over. In the end an impressive 79% of the sample group of 4,369 took part. There were built-in safeguards: some questions were asked more than once in different ways, ensuring that only a motivated liar could easily convey misinformation. Of the major sex surveys to date, says sociologist Ira Reiss of the University of Minnesota, this was "probably the best thought out and has the broadest coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHAVIOR: But Should We Believe It? | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...professional liar," Ryan said, "is someone who tells lies for a living and tells them well...

Author: By Stephen E. Gordon, | Title: Prof. Talks on 'Well-Told Lie' | 10/7/1994 | See Source »

Paula Popeo, a Weld campaign spokesperson, responded to Roosevelt's accusations in a phone interview by calling the Democratic candidate "a liar and a hypocrite...

Author: By Kristen Welker, | Title: Roosevelt: Gambling Is Election Year Issue | 9/27/1994 | See Source »

...irresponsible or beyond the psychiatric pale. The sexual fantasies that Bean-Bayog wrote (and which Lozano Subsequently stole from her office) were a case of countertransference, in which a therapist attempts to deal with her emotional and psychological reactions to her patient. Lozano was psychotic suicidal, pathological liar whose inevitable suicide was delayed by Bean-Bayog's therapy...

Author: By Isaac J. Hall, | Title: PSYCHO Shrink Speaks | 4/21/1994 | See Source »

...title story, the most masterly of the group, a teacher of ancient history at an exclusive boarding school finds himself drawn into a battle of wits with a student liar and cheat. Later the student rises to the pinnacle of public life. Meanwhile, the teacher sinks into obscurity, still hungry for recognition of his former importance to the "boys" but unable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: The Undeclared Wars of Men | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

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