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Recently, there has been much attention in the news about certain people from the world of athletics embellishing their r�sum�s. Among others, there has been the candidate for the job as head football coach at Notre Dame and the president of the U.S. Olympic Committee who lost opportunities because there were certain items on their r�sum�s that were, well, shall we say, untrue.