Word: lieing
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...This record of unilateral action and standoffishness has borne bitter fruit in terms of America's reputation overseas. The polls don't lie; even among its staunch allies, the U.S is seen as untrustworthy and dangerous. In his speech in Chicago last year, Obama said "I still believe that America is the last, best hope on earth. We just have to show the world why this is so." But in March, in an interview with the International Herald Tribune, Bernard Kouchner, France's Foreign Minister - and a true lover of America - took a different view. When the rest of world...
Ironically, the very appeal of Palin's candidacy, and Obama's, is how they give the lie to "regular" Americanness, to the assumptions about what a female or a black candidate must be like. They remind us by their presence that "average" is anything but, that no one has a monopoly on reality. Our pundits should keep that in mind too. It would be--dare I say it?--the pro-American thing...
...beneath these immediate, logistical problems lie others. One of the project’s ultimate goals is to have the ceramics program incorporate itself into La Prusia’s society—a society which no longer possesses the tools to produce their traditional crafts...
Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I didn’t play football freshmen year...
Inhabiting the tidal estuaries around Australia's northern coast, the crocs, or salties, as they're known locally, grow to more than 17 feet and can weigh more than a ton. They lurk near river crossings, where they lie motionless, half-submerged in muddy shallows, then explode out of the water to seize an animal as large as a horse or cow, drag it underwater, and roll with it until it drowns...