Word: mistakenness
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...joint oil venture in Russia, TNK-BP, with a $1 billion back-tax bill for 2001. The move has caused dismay at BP in London and prompted chief executive John Browne to visit Moscow last month, where he met with Putin. The Russian leader reassured Browne, "We were not mistaken when we supported your decision two years ago" and praised the company for being "a good corporate citizen." Meanwhile, the Japanese tobacco company JTI, which makes Winston and Camel brands at a $400 million state-of-the-art factory it built in St. Petersburg, is embroiled in a court battle...
...inauguration of the HSCI in April 2004, Summers said that the U.S. government was mistaken in its conservative stance on stem cell research...
...opinion; but rather say, I conceive or apprehend a thing to be so and so; it appears to me, or I should think it so or so, for such and such reasons; or I imagine it to be so; or it is so, if I am not mistaken.” A spoonful of humility, Franklin argued, helps the assertion go down...
Winthrop House Master Stephen P. Rosen ’74 wrote that Summers treated students as equals and spoke frankly when he appeared at a Winthrop House study break in May. Wolf notes, however, that Summers’ forthcoming style may sometimes be mistaken for rudeness...
...meantime, there are antiviral medicines for treatment of the symptoms, provided the condition is caught early enough. Pain often precedes the rash by a couple of days and can be mistaken for a heart attack or gallstone problem. Unfortunately, nerve pain is difficult to treat and can lead to permanent disability--another reason why a shingles vaccine would be such a blessing...