Word: misstep
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...children, her matter-of-fact nudists and naked transvestites, her pictures of "them," her pictures of "us"--something of consequence is at stake here, and it's not just art. Arbus worked at the point where the voyeuristic and the sacramental converge. She lies in wait for your first misstep in her direction. Then she dares you to stare at something--a little boy with a toy hand grenade, a dominatrix embracing her client--until you admit your own complicity with whatever it is in there that frightens you. At that point, all the picture's traps unfold...
...second period was critical, as Harvard was undone by a defensive misstep and two five-on-three penalty kills...
Though Jake A. Porter ’05 has been claiming that the cuts and bruises on his face were the result of a triumphant barroom brawl with a smart-ass Yankees fan, sources say that the injuries were in fact caused by a misstep during an IM soccer match. To Porter’s credit, though, it was probably his intense passion for the Red Sox, and not his complete lack of coordination, that caused him to trip over his own feet and slam face-first into the ground...
...mind, because I can be a problem." The Senator could settle some scores in the fall of next year, when his memoirs are scheduled to be published. The book will include a chapter on Republican Senators (he won't reveal any names yet) who "took advantage" of his misstep to force him out, as well as on Administration officials who were "undermining me." --By Douglas Waller
...single misstep by the Black Bear goalkeeper changed the game’s course and triggered a Crimson offensive explosion that ultimately led to a 3-0 victory...