Word: misreadings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Gore began with the usual boilerplate about how this was a test of democracy, and followed with a classic Gore-as-schoolteacher explanation of why machines sometimes make mistakes. ("Machines can sometimes misread or fail to detect the way ballots are cast...") He insisted that those mistakes can be caught in manual recounts, recounts that are "accepted far and wide as the best way to know the true intentions of the voters...
Worse than simply misunderstanding the facts, you misread the role and value of both organizations. HIID served as a link between Harvard and the world, transferring some of its enormous expertise to billions of people living in developing countries, and in turn providing researchers and students throughout the University with real-world information and real-life experience...
...next drive after the field goal, Harvard went three-and-out--on three incomplete passes. Each play involved a slight misread. The first two downs, Wahlberg led his receivers a little too far to make a proper catch. On third down, Wahlberg took too long to find wide open sophomore receiver Kyle Cremerosa at the 40-yard line. By the time he made the throw, the Crusaders were mounting pressure and the pass was well off the mark...
Unfortunately, politicians have misread the attitude of younger voters. The problem today is not apathy: it's distrust. Today's youth do not shy away from the problems of their community; instead, they shy away from politics as a solution to those problems, choosing to help through private initiative and community service with a dedication that could, with some effort, be diverted into the public sphere...
...order to showcase the stunning good looks of the new architectural wonder. Or, if Harvard built it on the site of the now-departed Coop Annex, it could, in homage to another of the site's previous occupants, give the College "Bow House." The name could be misread, however, leading to sexual harassment suits after much gropius behavior...Anyway, the big boys and girls in the home office will pick their own name, and, as sure as the day is long, it will be for a wealthy donor. Our money's on Rita Hauser. In the meantime, there's still...