Word: misread
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Atiyeh, the son of Syrian immigrants, will be the nation's first Governor of Arab descent. In a vigorous grass-roots campaign, he traveled 40,000 miles, relentlessly calling for tax relief for homeowners. Straub apparently misread the antitax mood until very late in the campaign. Said Atiyeh after his victory: "I think the phrase from the movie Network covers what I've been hearing during this campaign: 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more...
...coordinate economic policy. Treasury Secretaries like Henry Fowler (1965-68) and George Shultz (1972-74) have often exercised such a role in the past, but Blumenthal has never achieved that stature or authority. Blumenthal deserves some criticism; in addition to his early waffling on the dollar, he badly misread the state of the economy last January. On the other hand, he has been the target of sniping from the White House staff ever since they got the idea he was putting the knife into Bert Lance. Besides, Carter prefers to decide everything himself, listening first to one adviser, then another...
...science--and cannot be exercised with the precision of a dean--human precision, varying according to individuals. Sometimes we make a mistake--just as sometimes two incompatible souls find themselves sharing a freshman room, or a student is called on the carpet because his transcript has been misread. And, sometimes we lose our tempers, give way to emotion, and sound almost as vindicative and petty as the average speaker at a Faculty debate. If anyone believes that we might, by arguing for an objective apporach to the news--an approach that is neither pro- nor anit-administration--cease to become...
...spring finals," William Edwards, a proctor for the exams, said yesterday, adding that "even though the University Health Services are supposed to have come down on illness abusers, the new policy of the Ad Board is to grant each student one makeup exam gratis, if the student claims he misread the scheduling times...
...true that there are times when experience can be misread and misused to prevent needed change. Back in the mid-1960s, Lyndon Johnson used to ponder the idea of asking the Red Chinese to talk with him. "I figure that the only way we can ever resolve our problems is if we sit down somewhere together," he mused. "But my diplomats tell me we can't do it now." Richard Nixon chose to ignore that same diplomatic advice. He went to China...