Word: misleading
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Just don't let the girlish innocence mislead you. Meissner, the youngest of four children, is a competitor. After she missed a jump combination in her short program at nationals last month, she vowed to complete it two days later in the free program. And she did, flawlessly. "Once she sets a goal for herself, she's determined to reach it," says her mother Judy. This season that goal was making the Olympic team. "She is a great competitor. She's mentally tough," says her coach of nine years, Pam Gregory. "She stays in the moment and is able...
Many of the student organizations who received the e-mail said they were mislead by its claim to coordinate fund-raising for Harvard, but most simply deleted the e-mail as spam...
What did he do wrong? Causey pleaded guilty to just one of the 36 counts in his indictment, for using Enron's financial statements to mislead investors and regulators. Unlike Fastow and some other executives, Causey was never accused of enriching himself at shareholders' expense. He faces five to 10 years in prison...
...same day the committee offered its report, Gingrich issued a letter. Though he denied any intent to mislead the members, he admitted that "inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable statements were given to the committee" over his signature. He claimed to be "naive" about the tax laws. All of that gave him reasonable hope of getting away with just a reprimand, the lightest penalty, from the committee. While even that would be unprecedented for a House Speaker, it would fall short of censure, which would require Gingrich to step down...
Gingrich's defenders have blamed his attorney for the "inaccurate" statements and said he "did not intend to mislead...