Word: incorrect
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...Numbers item stating that there was an 83% chance that a coin flipped 5,825,043 times would land on one side at least 537 times (Bush's margin of victory in Florida) more than the other was incorrect [NOTEBOOK, Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. The chance of that happening...
...Cossack stalled pitiably for time as anchors Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff pressed him to draw a conclusion, while the clock ticked and rival MSNBC sounded taps for Gore. "So are you saying," Woodruff asked, "it appears that a recount could take place?" "Yes," he finally answered--an ultimately incorrect analysis the network stuck with well into the hour--though he pleaded futilely that it would be "irresponsible" to answer definitively before reading the whole ruling...
...This incorrect label misrepresents the concerns of people commonly called "pro-choice" or "reproductive rights activists" by foregrounding only the most controversial aspect of the work they do. While choosing not to call pro-choice activists by the names we assign ourselves, your author did see fit to call activists who might be called "anti-choice" or "anti-abortion" by their preferred label, "pro-life...
When the current crisis began several weeks ago, the host of ABC's talk show "Politically Incorrect," Bill Maher, suggested that Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and Arabs throughout the Middle East had only themselves to blame for their predicament. After all, he said, there are 22 Arab states, and the Palestinians could just go to one of them instead of laying claim to Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank...
...accident. Suddenly he can hear what women are thinking; hilarity and personal growth ensue. Before the film's third act - before he falls for his new boss (Hunt) and learns to relate to his teenage daughter (Ashley Johnson) - Gibson sends himself up. The character is a charming but politically incorrect brute, a role that Gibson has played onscreen and off throughout his career. A few years back, he got trounced by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation after a particularly nasty comment to a reporter about homosexual sex. He has been public and unapologetic about his strict Roman Catholic...