The real test is who is being lied to, about what, and, in history's timeline, when.

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Her employers called police after she failed to turn up for work, but she lied to them about being assaulted in the street.

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Mark Heller told The Associated Press that the actress' plans are independent of a criminal case that could return her to jail on charges that she lied to police about being a passenger in her car when it slammed into a dump truck in June.

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She also admitted she lied about how the money was being spent in communications through the mail to the State Department of Education, which was providing the money.

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You see, on TV, none of the lawyers lied to Perry Mason over the phone about being amenable to a continuance and then told the Clerk of Court differently.

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Then, a year ago, just as a new 18-month turnaround plan was being announced, the company's chief executive, David Edmondson, resigned after it was revealed that he had lied about his academic credentials on his resume.

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