Word: misreading
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...could be expanded to other cities, and the killing between the Unionists and Republicans in Northern Ireland could start again. The situation would be back to where it started before the negotiations began." A renewed bombing onslaught is unlikely to force a British capitulation, says Hillenbrand: "The IRA has misread the situation: it can't push the British back to the negotiating table. Still, the IRA's frustration is understandable. The British Government promised talks in exchange for a cease fire and for 18 months, did essentially nothing...
...found an inscription bearing the phrases "House of David" and "King of Israel." The writing - dated to the 9th century B.C., only a century after David's reign - described a victory by a neighboring King over the Israelites. Some minimalists tried to argue that the inscription might have been misread, but most experts believe Biran and Naveh got it right. The skeptics' claim that King David never existed is now hard to defend...
...revolted everyone, but we figured whites would worry most about becoming victims as they drove through the areas they'd escaped for the suburbs." Bush, thought the Bushies, was more likely than Clinton to be seen as capable of stopping such outcomes. "We're skittish about O.J. because we misread King," says the Dole aide. "So it's safest to basically say nothing...
...conscience is absolutely clear. I'm sorryto be misread by people but what I've said all mylife is down there in black and white.... I feelvery peaceful about the whole thing," he said.Crimson File PhotoAL GORE '69 is shown above deliveringHarvard's 1994 Commencement address...
Wisconsin authorities filed a rare criminal case against a medical laboratory. Prosecutors charged Chem-Bio Corp. with reckless homicide, accusing the firm of lapses that allegedly led it to misread the Pap smears of two women who subsequently died of cervical cancer. The lab, which faces a maximum $20,000 fine, said it would fight the charges...