Word: mistakenness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many first-years, Rous says, "are mistaken about the idea that there aren't enough spaces, because there are enough spaces for everyone to play. There aren't enough spaces in HRO [for everyone], but everyone who wants to play...
...Gore thought vacationing in Hawaii would shelter him from Washington woes, he was sadly mistaken. As new evidence emerges in the case of the mysterious fund-raising phone calls, the Veep is once again in danger of finding his very own Ken Starr yapping at his heels. Justice Department investigators have turned up a 1995 memo from a senior Gore aide indicating that he and his boss discussed ways of diverting Democratic Party soft-money contributions into the Clinton-Gore reelection fund -- an apparent contravention of campaign finance laws...
...prosecution presented the case as a badly bungled robbery, arguing that Markhasev and two friends spotted Cosby on the roadside and Markhasev killed him. In opening arguments the defense suggested that Cosby was actually shot by one of Markhasev's companions, Eli Zakaria. But the mistaken-identity theory went nowhere, and Zakaria was never called to the stand...
...Times poll of 1,048 teenagers ages 13 through 17 found that when asked what they would most like to change, 36% of the girls responded "my looks" or "my body," a percentage that was higher than in the 1994 survey. In an age in which image is often mistaken for both message and directive, can girls truly tell if they're making up their own minds, even as they sing about telling people what they want...
...contracts are set to mature this year for U.S. bankers, and the U.S. bankers are holding their collective breath to see which of their Asian clients will pay up. Many won't. "Those who believe there won't be any further derivative losses from Asia couldn't be more mistaken," says Edward Furash, a bank consultant based in Washington...