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Word: mistakenness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Boateng's attorney, W. Thomas Smith, Boateng was mistaken for another Coop member with a similar name who had a considerable debt on his account...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, | Title: Student Sues Coop | 9/22/1994 | See Source »

...said the person for whom Bosteng was mistaken has the same first name and middle initial and a similar last name, but that the matter was resolved within ten minutes...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, | Title: Student Sues Coop | 9/22/1994 | See Source »

Gump, however, refuses to suggest its idiot might be mistaken -- he must come out a winner. Thus by the closing credits, he is triumphantly spouting the same faux wisdom as at the beginning: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." And America is cheering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forrest Gump Is Dumb | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

Anxious onlookers were eager to conclude that the threat of war had been spiked and the tense dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program was safely back on the diplomatic track. It is too soon to reach that conclusion, and it could be mistaken. The White House quickly denied it was shutting down its sanctions campaign and asked for clarifications from North Korea. The world's hopes for a peaceful settlement are certain to rise and fall in the coming weeks as the U.S. tries to discern whether Kim is ready for serious negotiations this time or simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Need of Good Faith | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

Wasinger himself would never be mistaken for a member of any Nixonian silent majority...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll | Title: In-Your-Face and On the Right | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

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