By a vote of 90 to 7, the Senate rejected his argument that he should not be convicted because filing a false return was irrelevant to his performance as a judge.

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Perhaps, too, investors have been lulled into a false sense of security by the performance of central banks in recent years, and the independence that has been granted to many of them by governments.

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Fido can pick up the smell of TNTvapor at concentrations of just a few parts per trillion, and it was the first sensor to find buried mines at a level comparable to dog performance, with a false-alarm rate of less than 5%.

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Acumen accepts that the use of performance indicators can provide a false sense of precision.

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The government has accused Clemens of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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Some influential members of Congress believe that her false statements, adding to a poor career performance history, raise serious doubts about her trustworthiness in dealing with critical matters of state.

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In the Santa Monica case, Lohan is accused of giving false information to a police officer, obstructing or resisting a police officer in performance of his duty, and reckless driving, according to the city attorney's office.

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It took longer than some legal experts had expected, but Roger Clemens is finally facing an indictment over false statements to congress in February 2008, during a hearing on his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs.

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He is also accused of making false claims on his CV when he applied to the GMC in March 1997 to become an assessor for its performance procedures.

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