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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...toward antisocial behavior hears of a particular crime, and it feeds an already fertile mind." Most children resist the worst temptations, he says. The trick is to recognize the ones who do not. "If you have a child who increasingly is lying instead of putting some value on the truth, a child who is becoming more ruthless and unprincipled--you need to take some of these signs seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toward The Root Of The Evil | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

Consilience is a passionate sermon on what might be called holistic biology. It is a strong antidote to the hard-core diverseniks and the trendy campus fatalists who hold truth to be subjective and therefore relative. There is one truth, however, that is indisputable: unlike his critics, Wilson can do the science and the prose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Great Leap Together | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...those of all NSA employees, had to be accurate, complete, timely and relevant in accordance with the Privacy Act. The public can rest assured that any ruling by Judge Johnson in Starr's investigation into the President's activities will once again reflect the dictates of law, truth and fairness. ALBERT I. MURPHY Beltsville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 6, 1998 | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...walking along a road and encounter two people. One person is a liar and the other always tells the truth. There's a fork in the road. One road will lead you to Harvard and the other leads to Yale. Both of the people know which road is which, but you do not. You can ask one of the people one question of your choice, and of course you'd rather go to Harvard. So what would...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: MATCH WITS WITH MCKINSEY | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...either of the two which road the other person would tell you to take to get to Harvard, and then take the opposite road. The liar will always point to the road to Yale, either because he is a liar or because he would lie about what the truth-teller would say. Since no matter who you ask, the liar has a part in the answer, you will always be told the road to Yale...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: MATCH WITS WITH MCKINSEY | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

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