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Although it takes Huck three days to establish that Tom’s fantasies aren’t true, later in the novel Huck can immediately figure out how to convincingly lie to other characters. In one instance, Huck fabricates an entire story to convince a ferryman to lead a rescue party to save several people trapped in a sinking riverboat. Yet later, Huck is not able to figure out that the criminals called The Duke and The King are not real royalty. Huck’s capacity to understand and speak the truth seems to change in every scene...
...success. In recent weeks China has attacked Obama for approving arms sales to Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province, and meeting with the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing accuses of masterminding a secessionist movement in Tibet. "The responsibility for the serious disruption in U.S.-China ties does not lie with China but with the U.S.," snapped Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a March 14 press conference in Beijing. Days before, high-level U.S. diplomats had flown to the Chinese capital to address a wide range of issues, and over the past year American officials have taken pains to underscore just...
...after Housing Day—not before. As a way of promoting Housing Day itself, active House spirit works well. Yet as a plug for the individual Houses, it unnecessarily builds freshmen hopes about a situation they cannot control. Since many are randomly slotted into Eliot or Cabot, which lie at opposite ends of FlyByBlog’s rankings as well as opposite ends of campus, ranking Houses based on their projected personalities can set up unfair expectations and, worse, can ultimately disappoint...
Meanwhile, at West Point the essence of the honor code is that “a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” The code carries the serious expectation—accompanied by threat of punishment—that students turn in their peers who have violated the honor code or risk violating it themselves...
...maintaining her father's "favors" list. But, while there is a certain degree of ring-kissing that still goes on on Capitol Hill, the Speaker is actually more like her mother, says Tommy D'Alesandro, Pelosi's brother and another former mayor of Baltimore. "You could cross my father, lie to him, oppose him," D'Alesandro says. "But our mother - you couldn't lie to her. You couldn't oppose her. God help you if you crossed...