Word: misleading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Havel said that because scientific observation could not be done objectively, science can only mislead in its attempts to explain the definitive nature of the universe...
...example of Murray's willful attempt to mislead readers will suffice. Much of his data about a racial hierarchy of intelligence is taken from the work of Richard Lynn, who is described as a "leading scholar of racial and ethnic differences." In fact, Lynn is a white supremacist who has advocated the extermination of 'inferior' people and claimed that only whites and Asians have made major contributions to civilization...
...discontent with The Crimson's famous knack for misquoting them. In The Crimson's bold yet feeble attempts to undermine the BSA this year and in past years, it has tarnished its own reputation. My initial thoughts were that The Crimson's faulty reporting and ludicrous editorials served to mislead and manipulate students. Yet the January 4 editorial convinced me that such an intelligent scheme did not go into the editorials about which I am writing. It was just irresponsible, thoughtless and, at the best, amusing. Victoria Kennedy...
...hope The Crimson does not continue to sensationalize and mislead for the sake of journalism. --Eugene E. Kim, '96 President, Harvard Computer Society
...Indiana. At one point a wily middleman recommends that Boone employ a seer. Are his visions guaranteed to be accurate? Errors do occur, it is admitted. "What if a devil or a witch or an angry ancestor interferes with the divination process for its own purposes, maybe to mislead the client with a false message?" What if, indeed? The author's fizz of comic energy is as wild and scornful as Richard Condon's, back when Condon was young and frisky. And as was true with such daft Condon fables as Some Angry Angel, Dooling's story has no detectable...