In a world loaded with phonies, one less phony to listen to is a good beginning.

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In the past decade we have been bombarded by manufactured celebrities, empty "reality" phonies and "viral" rages that turn out to be well-planned orchestrations.

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So how do you separate truly courageous leaders from the phonies?

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Before answering the how-much-can-you-earn question, I want to be sure you understand the language of the direct-selling industry and know the difference between legitimate firms and phonies.

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Rhea concedes that there are some phonies who "just tell lies" and exploit victims, but she says that isn't the case with genuine psychics who can aid an investigation that is otherwise at a standstill.

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In saying this, I will inevitably come across as some kind of preening purist, claiming the mantle of "true conservatism" for my own wish-list of ideas, while dismissing others in Republican or Tory ranks as somehow phonies.

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In one letter, Chapman said he'd let Spiro decide whether Lennon was a "phony" or not, a reference to troubled "Catcher in the Rye" narrator Holden Caulfield, who refers to people as "phonies" in the book, written by J.

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