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And that increasingly bizarre behavior came even before the news broke, on December 1, that Trump’s first national security adviser and close campaign aide, retired General Michael Flynn, had agreed to plead guilty to one count of lying to the FBI in exchange for his cooperation with the investigation.
Europe’s north-south divide has become a time bomb lying at the foundations of the currency union.
Lying at two ends of that monetary triangle, the eurozone and China have acquired a geopolitical stake in helping each other.
Doing less would have been seen as lying down in the face of US provocation.
The Australian defense authorities now coordinating the search still say that to discover wreckage probably lying 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) deep, on so remote a seabed, will be like “finding a needle in a haystack.”
In other words, at some point, lying still will no longer be an option.
Voter reaction against the euro may well force the eurozone to stop lying still and take real action.
Lying to get ahead is a human foible.
And there is no clear reason why local governments would suddenly start lying in 2004, since there was already plenty of incentive to provide the highest possible figures before that year.
It is lying idle in their reserve accounts at the International Monetary Fund.
US President Barack Obama has publicly accused him of lying.
On the contrary, it was no secret that substantial risks – such as a pick-up in inflation and faster-than-expected interest-rate hikes – were lying in wait.
Even before the invasion, there was overwhelming evidence that Bush was lying.
More likely, Americans take these wars lying down because the costs are not experienced by the average citizen.
And now it is systematically lying about the causes of the mess it created and inventing scapegoats.
As any spy will tell you, lying and cheating in the service of your country are not just acceptable; they are the entire point of the clandestine services.
The idea seems to be that there are a lot of liquid assets lying around, and that they are being used to get money to bid up the prices of stocks, housing, land, art, etc.
Evidence that party leaders were lying, including interviews with witnesses, was posted on the net.
And, lying in wait, guided by the Eumenides (the Greek deities of vengeance whose name is synonymous with fury as well as justice), a figure is taking shape as if, in classical terms, in fulfillment of a dreadful fate: Marine Le Pen.
Machiavellian EconomicsPRINCETON – When is it legitimate to lie?Can lying ever be virtuous?
In the Machiavellian tradition, lying is sometimes justified by reference to the higher needs of political statecraft, and sometimes by the claim that the state, as an embodiment of the public good, represents a higher level of morality.
Lying or hiding the truth in some circumstances can, it appears, make people better off.
A foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, George Papadopoulos, was also indicted for lying to the FBI about meetings with individuals closely associated with the Russian government during the campaign, though he has already pleaded guilty and has been cooperating with investigators since the summer.
It is also why there exists an “organic connection of India to Central Asia,” the key to that link lying in the Himalayas, which is where the India-China rivalry is currently focused.
Lying and LeadershipCAMBRIDGE – This election season has been marked by frequent charges of dishonesty.
It is all too easy for leaders to convince themselves that they are telling a noble lie for the good of their followers, when in fact they are merely lying for political or personal convenience.
If PolitiFact and other similar organizations are correct, politicians are not all the same when it comes to lying.
You see someone lying in a virtual ditch, you help him or her, and call it a good day.
Even as it becomes easier to see and care for people lying injured on the side of the virtual highway, it becomes harder to perceive and easier to ignore the “road” conditions that caused their injuries – poor nutrition, poverty, inadequate prenatal care, corruption, diversion of resources, and the like.
If the EU is divided on an issue lying at its geographic heart – and at the heart of its interests – its credibility as a foreign policy actor on matters beyond its borders will suffer dramatically.
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