Word: misleader
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...negotiators, for example, to play by Japanese rules, on the turf of Japanese psychology. The Japanese do not like to be understood too easily. It is possible that they do not like to be understood at all. Perhaps they have been studying Stonewall Jackson, who once instructed: "Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy, if possible...
Before he went off to meet Nikita Khrushchev in 1961, John Kennedy read every speech of Khrushchev's that had been recorded in the West. In case the Soviet leader tried to mislead him, Kennedy wanted to remind Khrushchev of his earlier statements. J.F.K. took a model of the warship U.S.S. Constitution, which was launched in 1797, to try to drive home the point that in previous centuries warfare touched few people while today it could obliterate whole societies. Kennedy found himself studying Khrushchev's clothes, his pudgy hands, his abrupt movements, his moments of insecurity followed...
...week or two. "He has no support on the inside," one aide said about Donovan. "But nobody wants to pull the trigger." The White House has troubles of its own. Plans are under way on Capitol Hill to investigate whether the FBI and the White House tried to mislead the Senate about Donovan's fitness for office...
...read all that much, he cares more about what television shows than what print says. He and television both know that facts are heavy, arguments confusing, charts boring; to grab the biggest audience, give your story the human touch. This is "for-example" journalism and politics, which frequently mislead...
...real issues in the referendum could be "unmercifully twisted by legislative language," Councilor David Wylie said yesterday, adding that many city voters could be mislead...