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TOM WINS AGAIN. IN THE FIRST RACE TOM RAN 100 METERS IN THE TIME IT TOOK HARRY TO RUN 95 METERS. SO IN THE SECOND RACE WHEN HARRY IS AT THE 95 METER MARK TOM WILL ALSO BE THERE (SINCE 100 - 5 = 95). SINCE TOM IS FASTER HE WILL PASS HARRY IN THE LAST 5 METERS OF THE RACE THE MESSENGER HAS TO HAVE TRAVELED 2 KM. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED THEY WALKED AT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PUZZLE, THE LINE IS 1 KM LONG. THE GENERAL IS THEREFORE 1 KM AHEAD OF HIM. THE MESSENGER MUST THEREFORE TRAVEL MORE THAN 1 KM TO REACH THE GENERAL. SINCE THE LINE MOVES 1 KM FORWARD, THE END IS WHERE THE BEGINNING WAS. EVEN IF HE WALKED 1.5 KM TO THE GENERAL, HE ONLY HAS TO WALK 0.5 KM TO GET BACK TO THE END OF THE LINE. IT GOES FASTER GOING BACK, BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE COMING TOWARDS HIM, AND NOT GOING AWAY THE SON WILL CATCH UP WITH HIS FATHER IN 10 MINUTES. IN 10 MINUTES, THE SON WOULD HAVE TRAVELED HALF THE DISTANCE, SINCE HIS TOTAL TRAVELING TIME IS 20 MINUTES. THE FATHER STARTED 5 MINUTES EARLIER THAN THE SON, SO HE WOULD HAVE TRAVELED FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES WHEN HIS SON REACHED HIM. THEREFORE, THE FATHER WOULD HAVE ALSO TRAVELED HALF THE DISTANCE IN 15 MINUTES 1 OF THEM IS HONEST AND 99 OF THEM ARE LIARS. ONE OF THEM IS HONEST SATISFYING THE FIRST PIECE OF INFORMATION. FOR THE SECOND STATEMENT TO BE TRUE, THE REMAINING POLITICIANS HAVE TO BE LIARS