European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 15, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3 sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., committee chairman makes a Point to Clarence Thomas while sen. Edward m. Kennedy looks on. Anita Hill is sworn in before testifying. Who s telling the truth even experts Don t know by new Day psychologist Paul Ekman has spent 30 years studying the Art of lying. He knows the averted eyes fleeting facial expressions and hesitations that characterize a person at War with the truth. After three Days of joining the nation in scrutinizing Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill As they contradict each others testimony Ekman has made up his mind. A my bet is that though Only one of them is telling the truth neither one of them is lying a said Ekman a professor at the University of California. A whichever one started out lying is now totally convinced of what they Are Ekman joined a chorus of psychologist Media consultants and attorneys saturday who said that barring the emergence of unambiguous factual evidence viewers of the ongoing . Senate judiciary committee hearings cannot reliably judge whether Hill or Thomas is telling the truth. Senators participating in the hearings voiced similar opinions Over the weekend. A one is telling the truth one is lying and for the life of me i can to Tell which is which a sen. Patrick j. Leahy d-vt., said. A most people think they can Tell when someone is lying but they can to said Ekman who has published More than a dozen studies on the psychology and physiology of lying. A so most people will judge the Demeanour of judge Thomas and is. Hill based on their preconceptions. A i think people will just have to live with the fact that Well never a a / sen. John c. Danforth expresses support for Clarence Thomas at a news conference. Photos by the associated Presl sen. Orrin g. Hatch yawns. At right is sen. Strom Thurmond. Clarence Thomas listens to his wife Virginia during a break in the Senate hearings on Capitol Olill
