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Word: truth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American life in the 1950s. His front-yard tales of high sales are blown apart by his wife's kitchen struggles to pay the bills. His claims of being "well-liked" in the business are revealed to be sadly exaggerated. His son Biff is devastated when confronted with the truth about his father. And a captive audience can only sit and watch as Willy's life crumbles under his feet...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Death of the American Dream | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...They took life's chances....It's a very daring thing to tell the whole truth about what it's like to be alive," he adds...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: A New Generation of Harvard Poets | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

...lull in the discussion over rent control, Danehy asked Healy to confirm or deny the truth of a rumor that the city manager would be selected as Harvard's next president...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: SPOA Protests Rent Confusion | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

Robert Mays of Sarasota, Fla., who reared Kimberly believing she was his daughter, had the painful task of telling her the truth. "She still calls me Daddy," says Mays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida: She Still Calls Me Daddy | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Perhaps most disappointing, is that Larew supports his condescending and morally loaded premise with distortions of the truth. If he looks carefully at the poster to which he refers (I have a copy if he would like a second look) he will notice that the soldier in question still has the strap of his gun around his neck. If he actually attempted to beat the Palestinian woman with the butt of his rifle, he would have decapitated himself. Perhaps Larew found the inscription "Bullshit!" across the photo because it claimed to portray something that was not occuring in the picture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Defense of Israel Is No Vice | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

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