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Word: misguidedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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For almost 15 years, Nigerian officials have avoided taking a census for fear that religious passions would be inflamed by the probable discovery that Muslims, not Christians, now make up a majority of the population. No matter. Last week violence exploded anyway after a student in the northern city of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria: When Passions Spill Over | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

NO ONE SHOULD have been disappointed last week when the dean of the Faculty questioned the practicality of an Undergraduate Council plan to give students a formal role in tenure deliberations. The council's goal--to make sure teaching ability gets due consideration when tenure candidates are evaluated--is a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worthy Goal, Misguided Plan | 3/19/1987 | See Source »

Schuerman is terrific as the pathetic officer. He seems to slither across the stage with the energy and angst of one self-posessed by his own lousy fate. Karnow's daffyness also brings life to the misguided Poet, who does not understand the meaning of truth (the way most Poets...

Author: By Lea. A. Saslav, | Title: A Dream Play | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

Coors was brought to Cambridge by the Conservative Club in yet another of its intentionally provocative campus events. In years past, however, the Conservative Club has had the last laugh, succeeding in its goal of goading its ideological opponents into excessive expressions of their opposition to the Club's guests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Occasion for Pride | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

Once again, Reagan's advisers deserve the principle blame for this public relations fiasco. Those advisers not directly involved in the scandal were too spineless or misguided to recommend these drastic but necessary measures to the President. And those advisers actually involved in the arms deal used Reagan's reluctance...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Tower Commission Report | 3/3/1987 | See Source »

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