Word: misleads
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Lest you be mislead into thinking I'm going to whimper about the temperature, let me assure you that it's not the weather I'm talking about. Although the excess of snow may still be my most popular gripe and though my New England born neighbors tire of hearing me extol the virtues of the Golden State's perpetual spring, after two long winters I have almost grown accustomed to the idea that not all of my facial accoutrements will survive Harvard intact...
TRYING TO MISLEAD REGULATORS? Rose Law Firm, in which Hillary Clinton was a partner, represented Madison Guaranty for a retainer of $2,000 a month, and in 1985 Mrs. Clinton presented to a regulator appointed by her husband a plan for a sale of preferred stock to shore up the S&L's finances. In support of that petition, Richard Massey, another member of the Rose firm, wrote two letters. One, in June, acknowledged inferentially that Madison did not meet federally mandated cash requirements but cheerily asserted that "the applicant anticipates that no deficiency will exist in the near future...
...gangster world only provides a colorful background for the characters. I'm more interested in bringing out the spirit of the characters not the background. I'm not interested in the gangsters at all. I hope the audience can see that. I don't want to mislead the audience with all the violence...
...often exaggerated figures are used deliberately to mislead, raise money or advance an agenda. "Many statistics are generated by people who have a vested interest," notes journalist Cynthia Crossen, who is writing a book on how numbers are manipulated. The American Cancer Society has said 1 in 8 or 9 U.S. women will develop breast cancer, though the frightening statistic is based on women having an unrealistically long life-span. Environmental organizations tend to present the most alarming scenarios to pump up the threat of global warming. Hard-line politicians and gun lobbyists frequently cite figures creating the impression that...
Locke said that the ultimate motive of the amendment's opponents is to legalize marriage between gays, lesbians and bisexuals, and they should not mislead the public by saying they only desire equal rights...