Word: lies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...relationship with the press, Rubin assured the audience that he would never knowingly lie to reporters...
...premise that government spokesmen lie is an old notion," Rubin said. "You should not assign to the current situation the experiences you had in the past...
TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson cautions voters to take both candidates' figures with a grain of salt. "The surplus on which Bradley's plan relies is one of the fundamental lies in Washington, and Gore relies on the same lie in his plan," says Dickerson. But, he adds, Bradley has more to lose by campaigning on shaky budget projections, as Gore is part of the Clinton administration (which has trumpeted the surplus), "so you'd expect that charade from him. But Bradley has suggested his is a different type of campaign, that he's a politician of a higher moral...
...diseases of the human brain. "By the year 2020 I hope we will have an active way of treating damaged brains. If we can further understand brain-cell regeneration and harness the process intelligently, then re-creating the brain, or at least parts of the brain, may lie within our grasp. Obviously there are lots of hurdles to overcome. But if we can capture and bottle the brain's now recognized plasticity, we can cure all sorts of things, maybe even damaged psyches...
Granted, the statistics--like the scales--don't lie. And it doesn't take an actuary to figure out that with Krispy Kreme going public next year and planning to open hundreds of new stores, America will continue gaining weight in the 21st century. Which means more and more people can expect to hear the antifat refrains that I've become so familiar with: "You won't live as long," "Your quality of life will be diminished," "Society will reject you," "You won't be able to keep up in the protest marches." (That was just in my family...