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...sounds, because they haven't recognized either the social utility of telling folks what they want to hear or the potential for career advancement--not to mention bank-robbing--in bending the facts. So Mark's colleagues at the film studio where he's a writer feel obliged to inform him that he's about to be fired. And when he finally snags a date with his adored co-worker Anna (Jennifer Garner), she greets him by saying, "Hi. You're early. I was just masturbating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pants on Fire! The Inspired Invention of Lying | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...government leaders who were deemed to be moving too slowly on reforms. (Their names were not released.) Chief among the government's failings has been its inability to prosecute the government officials who are believed to have orchestrated the violence. In the letters, Carson wrote, "I am writing to inform you that your future relationship with the United States is linked to your support for urgent implementation of the reform agenda as well as opposition to the use of violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Talk of Kenya: What Does Obama Have Against Us? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...mail Ameer sent to undergraduate concentration officials on September 24 prompted undergraduate studies officials in various departments to inform thesis writers that as long as they properly filled out their application materials they would be provided housing in January...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: J-Term Thesis Housing Murky | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...scientists "understand the kind of setting in which these earthquakes happen," they can assess the risk of future ones, says Harm Van Avendonk, a research scientist with the University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics, who participated in the survey. The results can affect policies like helping inform better earthquake-proof building codes. "That's where the research is of great help," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Ocean Seismic Testing Endangering the Dolphins? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

Here's a diagnosis: Harvard students suffer from an unfortunate mental disposition to conflate work and play. Now, some of you may be pshaw-ing and pulling out your tattered lexicons to inform us that, no, you know the difference between those two words, thank you very much. Fair enough...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: A Paradox We Can All Live By | 9/27/2009 | See Source »

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