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French Investor Caught for $7 Billion Fraud
Have you ever gotten yourself in big trouble—really, really big trouble? So big you can't even conceive of how much trouble you're in? That's ...
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Why We Lie
Bella DePaulo, a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who specializes in studying forms of human deception, asked college ...
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Lying Takes More Brain Energy
A study at Temple University School of Medicine found that lying takes more brain energy than telling the truth. Participants were divided into two groups. ...
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Phantom Exemptions Show the Prevalence of Cheating
Freakonomics is a fascinating book by economist Steven Levitt that turns conventional wisdom on its head. On the subject of cheating, Levitt calls it ...
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Donald Miller Realizes the Cost of a Lie
I lived for a time with my friend and mentor John MacMurray, where the first rule is to always tell the truth. John and I were sitting in the family room ...
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Confronting the Addiction of Harmful Words
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, has lectured throughout this country on the powerful, and often negative, impact of ...
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"Cellphonies" Take Deception to a New Level
The cashier had already rung up Keri Wooster's items when she realized she didn't have her wallet. She dashed to her car and returned empty-handed ...
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Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Lived a Lie
Bill Wilson was the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. For that accomplishment, Time magazine named Wilson one of the Top 100 People of the 20th century. ...
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Lying Is Hard Work
Lying takes serious thought! That’s the conclusion of neuroscientists at Temple University. According to the Chicago Tribune, “With brain ...
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Captain Refused to Acknowledge He Was Lost
On September 3, 1989, Varig Airlines Flight 254 was at Brazil's Maraba Airport preparing for takeoff. Under normal circumstances the hop to nearby ...
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