Word: misstepped
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...weakest and least representative piece-Koo Jeong-a's "Oslo," a miniature sand-dune topography made of aspirin filings-is, ironically, the one selected for the cover of the catalogue. In an otherwise pithy exhibit, this oblique and banal concept piece is a huge misstep. (The curators appear equally confused, commenting on it only with the flustered remark that it "raises questions about the fundamental idea of landscape...
...above such sordid matters. Clinton did take a step in that direction this week, speaking to a church group; he explained that he was still picking up the pieces after what he'd done to his family, and that no reasonable person could possibly associate Gore with his own misstep...
...jazz music and folded out his futon. We proceeded eagerly if clumsily. The next day I bragged to my roommates about the hook-up, all the more distinguished in my eyes because he was an upperclass student. I felt like the coolest first-year I'd met. My fatal misstep, however, came later that week when, in a roomful of his friends, I snuggled up to him on a couch and took his hand without a second thought. After a second torrid evening, he called me out into the Eliot courtyard to talk--this wasn't going to work...
...most impressive win in the March 4 San Rafael Stakes. But while cruising down the home stretch, the impressionable youngster broke stride when he stopped to look at a sign on the inside rail, spooking his backers. War Chant gets blinkers tomorrow, and is equally capable of a misstep as he is of a money run. Although War Chant has never run outside California, he could complete a Drysdale exacta and validate his breeding...
...when Burton takes the roll at council meetings this semester--two months into his term as vice president--his calls for silence are often met by rolled eyes and snickers, and his every misstep is carefully documented by council opponents...