Word: lies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most of the charges aren't true. But the voluminous notes the FBI kept on Sinatra make us wonder what we will have to look forward to when the current crop of celebrities bites the dust. Somewhere squirreled away in a Washington file cabinet lie the secrets in Dennis Rodman's closet; the dark mysteries of Celine Dion and the true story of Leonardo DiCaprio. Until those yellowed files to see the light of day, we can only speculate what, in the words of the FBI, "Association with Criminals and Hoodlums" our favorite stars may have...
...entire House. When so many House areas are filled with the symbols of one particular faith, it carries a very clear message: the entire community is involved in a celebration. Those who don't share in that celebration thereby feel alienated from the community. No ill-intent need lie behind the motivation of those responsible for the decorations, the harm is done nonetheless. This sort of phenomenon is well known to gay rights activists and feminists. It is known as cultural presumption...
...tantalizingly apocalyptic. Among the expatriate Angelenos, there might be swaggering or display of battle wounds, an anecdote about the aunt whose Malibu home slid seaward. But the real L.A. is far away, and so is 1992, the year of the riots. Not old enough for an anniversary, the remains lie unexcavated in the rubble of more recent crises. So at Harvard in the fall of 1998, pictures of that familiar smoke-darkened sky are like fresh posters for last month's bull-fight. We thought El Terror had been killed in the ring, and so the familiar image is like...
...Christmas is] an elaborately sustainedparental lie," Flynn said. "I urge all parents togive Santa Claus...
According to Bouchard, landlords lie to tenants outright, telling them that they have no rights, and prey on ignorance...