Most people are pretty good at spotting bald-faced lies, and if they miss there are plenty of others poised to yell gotcha.

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It was from IBM, telling me my organization was "forcing" them to do something they didn't want to do, and generally dressing me down for making an issue of the bald-faced sexism that their sponsorship supported.

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This week Mr Balthazard gave an interview to Le Figaro, a daily newspaper, describing how he was hustled off the premises without any explanation or evidence to back up the bald accusations that he and his colleagues faced.

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