Word: mistakenness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dartboard never realized supply-side economics could be so titillating. Apparently, we're mistaken. Two amorous students were spotted studying stocks and "bonds" in depth, so to speak, in Ec 10 lecture Wednesday. Maybe the two found each other's gaze so stirring that they forgot they were in the back row of a lecture hall and not a dark movie theater...
...hour later, when I told Todd about Dice (the naked brother) he was surprised. Todd said that when Dice and his girlfriend get drunk they often walk around scantily clothed, but never fully naked. I must be mistaken...
...thought this would let them off the hook, they were sadly mistaken. President Clinton pledged Thursday to hold the other Khmer Rouge leaders accountable for the 1975-79 genocide -- which, if all goes well, will mean the same kind of international tribunal intended for Pol Pot. More importantly, Cambodian government forces are closing in. ?We will persuade whoever can be persuaded to defect,? said Khieu Kanharith, a spokesman for the Phnom Penh regieme that already includes a number of Khmer Rouge turncoats. ?But Ta Mok, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, as well as Pol Pot, must be brought to trial...
...Lewis Grossberger's amusing commentary [ESSAY, March 23] on the mistaken announcement by astronomers that a "Giant Killer Asteroid" is streaking toward Earth: Wouldn't it be great if more people agreed with Grossberger that we earthlings have really not accomplished much and "the end of civilization as we know it isn't such a bad idea"? We could take his advice and issue press releases saying, "Hey, we gave it our best shot, but we really weren't up to this existence business. So, we're outta here." Deep inside, you know who you are. ALAN REID Abbeydale, England...
...reporters were waiting at the door of her Washington Square apartment. "The story is over," she said simply, assuming that her words and opinions would no longer be of interest once her husband was dead and she was no longer First Lady. She could not have been more mistaken. As the years have passed, Eleanor Roosevelt's influence and stature have continued to grow. Today she remains a powerful inspiration to leaders in both the civil rights and women's movements...