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Word: misinforming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...debate with Humphrey is blunted. It is easier to differentiate them by their style. Kennedy's is tense, urgent, gritty. When the crowds are not attempting to steal his clothing, he will often take off his jacket and roll up his sleeves before talking. He shoots statistics that occasionally misinform but more often impress. His gestures jab and chop; sometimes his hands and lips betray in little movements the taut nerves within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE POLITICS OF RESTORATION | 5/24/1968 | See Source »

...her/his/its preoccupation-or experimentation-with artificial sex. But unlike Myra, which is redeemed somewhat by Vidal's satirical skill, these books have the lifeless neutrality of assignments thought up by publishers' accountants and carried out by literary conscripts. They not only fail to exalt, amuse, enrage, inform, misinform or anesthetize; they also fall short of truly satisfying grubbiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Make-Believe | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

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