Now, before I get off the topic of the education, let me do a little more truth-telling.
This week of new or enhanced suspicions had best lead to months of greater transparency and truth-telling, or much shared global progress is at risk.
And that the Keynesian view of interest rates holds that they are the result of chaotic animal spirits and do not fulfill a truth-telling function.
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One hopes that such a suggestion is preposterous, but that is what disclosure is for -- to replace speculation with truth-telling to the American people.
"Truth-telling pays off, even if you're clumsy about it, " he said.
And when it comes to education, when it comes to education -- and I'm speaking to teachers here and educators -- let me say this, I want to do some truth-telling here.
With the American economy still in trouble, and the jobless future still appearing quite bleak, now is the time to look back over the past decade through the probing truth-telling eyes of prose fiction.
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Keeping these cross-checks anonymous could promote truth-telling.
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Anything lower reduces the expected cost of criminality, without doing anything to improve the probability of detection. (Treating whistleblowers leniently is consistent with this logic: letting them off punishment raises the odds of truth-telling, and therefore of detection.) There are plenty of arguments against ultra-high fines, however.
While it is possible Tommy told the truth back then and is lying now, such a scenario seems highly unlikely. (Why would Tommy start telling self-implicating lies after previously telling the truth?) More probably, Tommy was able to fool the polygraph.
That was a very tough lesson, but for the first time they are telling the truth.
Again, this will turn on the factual question of who is telling the truth.
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Determining who is telling the truth in a he-said, she-said situation is rarely quick or easy.
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Why would a person put herself through all that if she wasn't telling the truth?
Dr. LaFair advises telling the truth about problems and frustrations, but in a measured, calm way.
But how do you know when someone is telling the truth or is lying?
On the other hand, it is at least equally probable they are telling the truth.
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And you had to be telling the truth about who you are, and what's happening.
We want to remove those and reward those states that are telling the truth.
His assessment: He had no idea whether or not she was telling the truth.
If we are to do so, however, we have to start by telling the truth.
Plus, it compels both sides to swear they are telling the truth about their finances.
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When telling the truth, people often make hand gestures to the rhythm of their speech.
If Mr. Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and has smeared Mr. McNamee.
She acknowledged lying repeatedly before and after her arrest but insisted she was telling the truth in court.
Always telling the truth about money is something to aspire to, but it may be unrealistic marriage advice.
And in fact, its malware warning is telling the truth: the site is trying to infect your computer.
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It is now time for the adults runing the system to start telling the truth about Medicare.
And that starts with doing the little things, such as telling the truth, day in and day out.
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