They can be, in the case of Lance Armstrong, Big Lies concealing that conceal wrongdoing and prop up a narrative that never really existed.

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In the case of BP, the truth lies somewhere in between.

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In the case of the 330xi, one answer lies in the aforementioned rear-wheel-drive feel.

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For Ms Reno, who is in any case ill with Parkinson's disease, little of comfort lies ahead.

ECONOMIST: Government evasion

The answer, as can often be the case in the RICO context, lies in the statute of limitations and the passage of time.

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Therein lies the essence of Mr Bondi's case against the banks.

ECONOMIST: Parmalat

Their striking power lies in their air wing (in the case of aircraft carriers, although in the MISTRALs it will lie in helicopters and infantry vehicles as well as the troop component) and they almost never go anywhere unescorted.

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While the maths may at times prove too technical for the lay reader, the strength of the book lies in its many individual stories and case histories.

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Perhaps Banville knows that literary genres, publishing games, and authorial identities are only half the story, and that beneath them somewhere lies the real interest, life itself, the strangest case of all.

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The crux of their argument lies in a 2004 Massachusetts court ruling, involving a separate case, that said Mr. Zuckerberg was legally a resident of New York at that time.

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