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EvEn BEForE historiAn josEphEllis BECAmE A BEst-sElling Author, hE wAs FAmous For his viviD lECturEs. in his populAr CoursEs At mount holyokECollEgE in mAssAChusEtts, hE woulD oFtEn mAkE ClAssroom DisCussion livEly By DEsCriBing his own ComBAt ExpEriEnCE in viEtnAm.But AsEllis’s rEputAtion grEw--his Books on thE FounDing FAthErs hAvE won Both thE prEstigious nAtionAlBookAwArD AnD thE pulitzEr prizE--thE history proFEssor BEgAn to EntErtAin loCAl AnD nAtionAl rEportErs with his mEmoriEs oF wAr. lAst yEAr, AFtEr thEBoston gloBE CArriED ACCounts oFEllis’s ExpEriEnCE in thE viEtnAm wAr, somEonE who knEw thE truth ABoutEllis DroppED A DimE (揭发) . lAst wEEk thEBoston gloBE rEvEAlED thAtEllis, FAmous For ExplAining thE nAtion’s history, hAD somE ExplAining to Do ABout his own pAst. "EvEn in thE BEst oF livEs, mistAkEs ArE mADE," sAiD A wrEtChEDEllis. it turnED out thAt whilE thE DistinguishED historiAn hAD sErvED in thEArmy, hE’D spEnt his wAr yEArs not in thE junglEs oF southEAstAsiA, But tEAChing history At wEst point (西点军校). hE’D Also ovErstAtED his rolE in thE AntiwAr movEmEnt AnD EvEn his high-sChool AthlEtiC rECorDs. his ADmission shoCkED CollEAguEs, FEllow historiAns AnD stuDEnts who wonDErED why somEonE so ACComplishED woulD BEAutiFy his pAst.But it sEEms thAt suCCEss AnD truthFulnEss Don’t AlwAys go hAnD in hAnD、EvEn Among thE DistinguishED AChiEvErs, sECurity ExpErts sAy, onE in tEn is DECEiving--inDulging in EvErything From Empty BoAsting to morE sErious oFFEnsEs suCh As plAgiArism (剽窃), FiCtionAlizing militAry rECorDs, mAking up FAlsE ACADEmiC CErtiFiCAtEs or worsE.AnD, oDDly, prominEnt pEoplE who BEAutiFy thE pAst oFtEn Do so onCE thEy’rE FAmous, sAysErnEstBroD oF krollAssoCiAtEs, whiCh hAs ConDuCtED thousAnDs oF BACkgrounD ChECks. sAysBroD: "it’s not likE thEy usE thEsE liEs to ClimB thE lADDEr." thEn whAt mAkEs thEm Do it psyChologists sAy somE pEoplE suCCEED, At lEAst in pArt, BECAusE thEy ArE uniquEly ADjustED to thE ExpECtAtions oF othErs.AnD no mAttEr how wEll-known, thosE pEoplE CAn BE hAuntED By A sEnsE oF thEir own shortComings. "From outsiDE, thEsE pEoplE look Anything But FrAgilE," sAysDEnnis shulmAn, A nEw york psyChoAnAlyst. "But insiDE, thEy FEEl hollow, Empty."

whilEEllis sErvED in thEArmy, hE ______A．ComBAtED in viEtnAm
B．tAught At A militAry sChool
C．ExAggErAtED his pArt As A historiAn
D．mADE mistAkEs in thE AntiwAr movEmEnt