No matter how true what I say is, if it gives offense to them, if it's not helpful to the faith, it is considered blasphemy - slander.

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But you know, what is true is if you were watching TV lately, it seems like everybody is just getting mad all the time.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds Town Hall in New Orleans

It's horribly easy to make links look valid so try hovering your cursor over the link for a few seconds before clicking to see what the real link is: the true link pops up if you give it a moment.

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If that were true, it would be a huge change in what is still America's second-largest exporting industry.

ECONOMIST: True grit

"If what he says is true, what he's done is not cowardly, it has taken a significant amount of courage, because no one has ever done that before, " said May.

BBC: Cricketers do not trust ICC - players' chief Tim May

The improbable became so, and, if GSK is true to what they have promised, society will be so much better for it.

FORBES: Pigs Fly As Open Science Comes To Big Pharma

What's breathtakingly bizarre about Rawitch's new claim, however, is that if it had been true, our case would have been much weaker--so weak that we doubt we would have prevailed or even pursued it.

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If all this is true of the past, then it leads you to wonder what are we doing now that future generations will think of as absurd?

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If it continues to put off telling taxpayers what the true cost of success will be, then John Murtha is right: we should get out sooner rather than later.

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