"Not to act all falsely nostalgic for literary obscurity, but in the past I had always written my books in the belief that very few people would read them".
The federal government prosecuted him under the Stolen Valor Act, which prohibits falsely claiming to have been awarded a military medal, with an enhanced penalty (up to a year in prison) for claiming to have received the Medal of Honor.
In the last act, when Tristan falsely imagines Isolde coming to him, his delusion is expressed by the violins' effervescence and its baselessness by the inactivity of the double basses, declining to participate.
At the end of Act 1, Arbace — falsely accused of murdering the Persian king Serse but widely believed guilty — is condemned in three successive exit arias by his father Artabano (who is the real culprit attempting a coup d'état), his sister Semira, and even his lover, Serse's daughter Mandane, who feels compelled to hate Arbace but acknowledges to herself she cannot do so.
And partly it's because during Mr. Waterston's long, raspy rant in the second act, when he falsely thinks his daughter is a tramp, the main distraction is not that he's talking about his real-life daughter; it's that it looks as if he might explode or spontaneously combust at any moment in the summer heat (3:00).
"Google has acted duplicitously by falsely claiming in its terms of service that YouTube is only for those who are age 13 or older, while it deliberately lured young people into an ad-filled digital playground," said Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy, one of the groups who signed the complaint, in a statement.
Banks can also be held liable for treble damages under the False Claims Act if they are found to have "falsely certified" that mortgages met all FHA requirements.
She just kept alive a suit claiming that the company's executives had acted illegally when they falsely claimed to be following tough underwriting standards in making mortgage loans.
If you thought the British high street had cleaned up its act when it came to falsely advertised meat, think again.
