Word: misreads
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While a little bit of political humor may be okay, entertainers should generally stick to their act. Most people would rather be entertained than given a political lesson, a fact seemingly lost on Streisand at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 9, when she seriously misread her fans by pushing her agenda just a little too much. The results were predictably absurd and decidedly unfunny...
...made-man, which is to say, prone to the feelings and doubts and joys and agonies of being human. Jesus himself seemed to make a point of that. He taught in parables rather than in abstract theories. He told stories. He had friends. He got to places late; he misread the actions of others; he wept; he felt disappointment; he asked as many questions as he gave answers; and he was often silent in self-doubt or elusive or afraid...
...wife Ann's experience when she developed symptoms of a rare spinal-cord problem at a leading hospital. His concern was not just how she was treated; it was that so little of what happened to her was unusual. Despite his best efforts, tests were repeated unnecessarily, data were misread, information was misplaced. Things weren't just slipping through the cracks: the cracks were so big, there was no solid ground...
...this is our time to relax, but senior spring shouldn’t be all about drinking, lounging, and reminiscing. I never thought I’d play a team sport at Harvard, but today, I wouldn’t have it any other way, although I apparently misread the memo on waking up in strange beds; instead, I wake up in strange boats...
...Clinton in 2008? "Can Hillary Join the Club?" [March 20] stated that Senator Clinton is "known to misread a crowd sometimes" and claimed that at a Kennedy Center benefit for AIDS last fall, "she harangued an audience already deeply engaged with the epidemic with an awkward demand that they do even more." As the event's organizer, I can tell you that about half the audience of 500 was not in any way "engaged with the epidemic." They were invited to the event in an effort to get them involved. Clinton eloquently called on the corporate and government leaders...