Word: mistakenness
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...presence). Typical is the moment in Verdi's La Forza del Destino, when Don Alvaro throws his pistol to the floor to show that he is above dueling with his sweetheart's father, the gun goes off and fires a bullet right through Pop's heart. Mistaken identity is rife; a girl who has spent the night with a man usually fails to recognize him next day if he changes capes. Every operatic boudoir seems to have a screen with someone hiding behind it, but the searchers never have the wit to look there. The hero...
...point of personal privilege, and Ev's allies talked darkly of demanding full-blown hearings that might well postpone reforms in the immigration law until next year. Dirksen was adamant. Said he: "If these young Turks think they can push me around, they're badly mistaken. I've got some rights around here, and I know how to use them...
...verdict expunged on the ground that a six-man jury must be unanimous. Then, if Judge Smith can resolve the issue of possible double jeopardy, D'Andrea may be retried. Ironically, illiteracy is unlikely to be an issue. Had the foreman signed the guilty slip in the same mistaken manner, D'Andrea could have raised that issue as a denial of fair trial. For the mo ment, though, he is delighted with the verdict of his illiterate peers...
...secret history; who send so many kings to their graves with a cup of poison; will repeat the discourse between a prince and chief minister, where no witness was by; unlock the thoughts and cabinets of embassadors and secretaries of state; and have the perpetual misfortune to be mistaken...
...airlines have been granted seven rate increases since 1958, including a jet surcharge that was approved under the mistaken assumption that the highly productive jets would cost more to operate than piston planes. Even the industry's weakest member got a lift last week, when control of money-losing Northeast Airlines was sold by Howard Hughes's trustee to Miami Beach's Storer Broadcasting Co.; Storer will provide fresh funds, but Northeast's future depends on a pending CAB decision as to whether it can continue to fly the New York-Miami...