Watch those backgrounds: Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency, suddenly sprouted extravagant golden donkey ears on February 13, 2003. The cause of the alarming growth was not immediately apparent, but scientists, suspecting a variation of the "Pinocchio Syndrome," began scrutinizing ElBaradei's brayings for obvious untruths.
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