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Word: mistakenness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nationalism, and don't ask the military to achieve more than weapons can deliver. Could another lesson, which went unmentioned, be the danger of self-deception by leaders who choose to ignore the rational voices of the opposition? Now, 20 years later, after many lives were lost for a mistaken mission, "When will they ever learn?" Anthony T. Lee San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1995 | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

...should burn the pods in his room and find the others he has stashed, probably in the basement and under your bed. Next, kill him. He is no longer human and will only try to snatch you. Pitch forks are good for this. Then again, I could be mistaken and your roommate may just be smoking the J. Be careful, prison sucks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norma Knows | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

Although Jewett disagrees with Catlin that thepressures of drinking at Harvard are differentthan those at other campuses, he agrees thatstudents are mistaken to think that they can onlyhave a good time if they drink...

Author: By Jeremy L. Mccarter, | Title: University Can't Control Campus Binge Drinking | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...startling is how well While You Were Sleeping recaptures the true spirit of the best kind of modern fairy tale--classic romantic comedy. This is something Hollywood has been trying hard, and failing miserably, to revive in recent years. Though this kind of comedy occasionally skitters toward the screwball-mistaken identity, preposterous coincidence, even the odd pratfall are all judiciously permitted--it's really a grownup form. It needs smart dialogue and plausibly eccentric characters (Michael Rispoli contributes a beaut to this one, as an inappropriate suitor to Lucy, and such worthy veterans as Jack Warden and Glynis Johns give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER | 5/1/1995 | See Source »

Nyala recalls a funny story about mistaken identities when they were young...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: TWINS | 4/29/1995 | See Source »

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