Word: truths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that the President lied, people ask? Well, even if he did, he should be forgiven. Put yourself in his shoes. You have an affair. You are asked about it in public, in front of your family, in front of the entire country. You have two choices: tell the truth and forever change your relationship with your loved ones; or lie, and hope to get away with...
...other part of the truth--and the reason that true Orioles fans do not share the nation's euphoria over Ripken--is that he, like most, is often mediocre at what he does, and it is this mediocrity that ironically draws the nation toward...
CLINTON'S MOMENT OF TRUTH...
Clinton's Aug. 17 speech was the biggest mistake of his political career [SPECIAL REPORT, Aug. 31]. He had an opportunity to be truthful, but rather than admit that he lied to the American people, the President said he "misled" them. Rather than admit that he had had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, he said he had had a relationship that was "not appropriate." Rather than face the truth, he attacked independent counsel Kenneth Starr. We should expect to have a higher moral standard than Clinton has provided. JOHN S. JONES Ventura, Calif...
...something. Despite all the talk of role models and ethics that has dominated the airwaves recently, male leadership isn't just rooted in morality; it has a murky, mythic basis too. Ask Machiavelli: Power is aura. Power is potency. The guys with the power tools illustrated a truth: even in nominal Judeo-Christians there's a lurking Nietzschean whose first commandment is, Thou Shalt Not Screw Up. His second is, If You Do, Don't Whine About...