Word: misinterpreting
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...hope that no one will misinterpret my message, however, as suggesting that historical and statistical standards should be accepted as either the measure of the ideal or the attainable. There are glorious records of a few to show what should be attainable by the many. In terms of ideals regarding the obligations of a person to his country, his fellows and his own self-respect, the record contains many sources of regret and a few of shame...
Trying to repair the breach, Prime Minister Gonzalo Guell promised to help newsmen get their stories out-provided they do not "misinterpret" events...
...that the Council would be better if it did not exist is a feeling not particular to the CRIMSON alone. Many students would undoubtedly agree. Yet it is disheartening to realize that the CRIMSON will reach such depths in its verbal campaign to bury the Council that it will misinterpret Council meetings and, indeed, print bare falsehood...
...NEWSWEEK ED.: Got a great idea for an Easter Feature. We take the Harvard Student Council's religion report, misinterpret it, tie it up with the national religious revival, and satisfy millions of anxious mothers that their sons are secure in the faiths of their fathers, and that they have deep feeling for their Religious Heritage. We may even fill out our circulation with Saturday Evening Post readers...
...Sure I called him the most dangerous menace to America, but I don't understand why the remark caused excitement." Back home in Kansas City, he was asked if his statement reflected the viewpoint of the President. "That's the hell of it," he said unhappily. "People misinterpret things. I want," he added belatedly, "to keep out of controversial subjects...