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Lotus Operandi

Updated Wednesday, May 5, 1999, at 4:30 AM ET

Jeff Papows--the CEO of Lotus, a leading software company--has been unmasked by the Wall Street Journal for padding his résumé. One year ago, a Federal judge was caught telling a whopper and Slate's Jodie T. Allen wondered why already successful men (from Joe McCarthy to Jimmy Carter) feel compelled to claim a fictional past.

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