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...Stark was heavily damaged in an Iraqi air attack that left 37 sailors dead. Both the United States and Iraq have described that attack as inadvertent and a case of mistaken identity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Escorts Ship Through Persian Gulf | 5/27/1987 | See Source »

...rigorous the testing requirements, no organization can be certain that its members are not infected with the AIDS virus. Reason: the body can take as long as four months to produce antibodies to the virus. Until that happens, an AIDS carrier will test negative and may gain a mistaken sense of security. Even a person who is AIDS free when the test is administered may shortly afterward become infected. To avoid lawsuits, most social clubs advertising protection from AIDS make a point of stating in their applications that they cannot guarantee that members are not infected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paying For Peace of Mind | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Shakespeare's story of mistaken identities, chance encounters, amorous intrigue, and multiple acts of violence centers on two sets of identical twins: Antipholus of Syracuse (Nestor Davidson) and Antipholus of Ephesus (Phillip Brittan), who are both prosperous merchants, and their foster brother servants, Dromio of Syracuse (Robinson Everett) and Dromio of Ephesus (Jason Rosencranz...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Comedy of Errors | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

...pairs have not seen each other since infancy, when a shipwreck separated the Syracusan pair and their father Egeon (Wade Wilcox) from the Ephesian pair. No one realizes that the entire family is now roaming the streets of Ephesus. The twins are constantly mistaken for each other, confusing not only themselves but also the residents of Ephesus...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Comedy of Errors | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

...Well, Dad," the youth revealed, "while hitch-hiking in pursuit of your movies, I happened to be picked up by a big limousine bearing none other than movie cut-up Rodney Dangerfield and his friend, Paulina Porizkova. After a wacky series of misadventures, involving several cases of mistaken identity, a mix-up with a bag of jewels, and a wedding averted at the last moment, it turns out that Miss Porizkova is in love with me and that I am heir to a large industrial fortune. Excuse me, Father, but I believe the chauffeur is waiting." And with those words...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discipline | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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