He is willing to make up stories that suit his purposes and to suppress information that does not.
Prosecutors spent much of their time trying to bolster Mr. McNamee's credibility and arguing that the trainer had no reason to make up stories about Mr. Clemens.
Robb still remembers long weekend and holiday car rides, when his grandmother would sit beside him in the back seat and make up stories that stretched the entire trip.
He was a left-handed pitcher with no right hand who threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees. (Jim Abbott.) He ran in the Olympic Games on prosthetic legs. (Oscar Pistorius.) She sprinted to an Olympic gold even though they once nearly amputated her feet. (Gail Devers.) You can't make up stories like those.
That happens in the course of the three stories which make up Rachel Seiffert's excellent novel.
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We also need to be aware of the stories we make up in our thinking that are not accurate but that let ourselves off the hook.
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And as we seek to create the space for a meaningful debate on immigration reform, we are reminded of the success stories that make up who we are as a country.
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But are those sporadic stories enough to make up for everything else?
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It's often said of incredible but true stories that you can't make such stuff up.
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Jeff Skoll, a billionaire thanks to his ground-floor shares of eBay, writes about how as a middle class kid in Canada he grew up wanting to be a writer who told stories that make a difference in the world.
And we said, you couldn't make this stuff up and we would have a great ability to get those stories.
Remember those frightening stories from last year about the endocrine disruptors in your make-up?
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