Word: misstepped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alternative rock: however Nirvana defines it. Despite the fears of some alternative-music fans, Nirvana hasn't gone mainstream, though this potent new album may once again force the mainstream to go Nirvana. In Utero's one misstep may be the dubious song Rape Me: "Rape me, my friend . . . rape me again." It's meant to be antirape, but beer-blown frat boys may or may not get the irony. The last and best song, All Apologies, seems to anticipate and confront such questions: "What else should I be/ All apologies . . . What else could I write...
...First Lady has earned grudging respect on Capitol Hill, in part because she makes house calls. During her first visit, 30 Democratic Senators listened carefully, although most of them would rather have been having gum surgery. Her every misstep was discussed, from an overly familiar manner to her middle name, but she won points for her preparation and willingness to meet endlessly. Minority leader Bob Dole disputes press reports that Hillary blundered when she called him Bob. "Last time I checked," he said, "that was my name." And he calls her Hillary...
...Patterson says that to branch out too far would be a misstep. The emphasis on the humanities was a deliberate choice, Patterson says--and a good one, given the limited resources available...
...Clinton still cannot afford a misstep. Though the New Hampshire results crowded out the Clinton headlines about Gennifer Flowers and his Vietnam-era draft status, the threat lurks in the shadows; in Savannah a veteran held aloft a sign that read NO DRAFT DODGER OR PLAYBOY FOR PRESIDENT. As a Clinton campaign aide put it, "It's a bit like Alcoholics Anonymous. Every single day has to go by. It's never completely behind...
...Lasch's sense of defiance that has been responsible for her greatest misstep so far: two months ago, she antagonized Judge Mary Lupo by asking that the judge recuse herself because of her "obvious bias" toward the defense, as reflected in her "scowling, glaring and frowning" at Lasch. The motion was denied, and the tension between the two women has not improved...