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...think a lot of people bought the book for the wrong reasons," said McInerney after the reading. "But I would hate to write a book that couldn't be misunderstood...
...meantime, the Haitian aliens have seen their work permits revoked and have lost their federal benefits, including unemployment compensation. Outside their tightly knit communities, they have been shunned for their disputed link to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and often misunderstood for the practice of voodoo that many of them brought along from the old country. Even so, the immigration wave has continued. Indeed, the latest group arrived off the coast of Florida last Friday, just hours before Duvalier fled Haiti...
...have been talking to Brian Offut since he read our letter, and he believes that his approach to student government has been misunderstood. He will make that case to the membership on election night, and I wll be listening with an open mind. I will listen too, along with the rest of the membership, to Melissa Lane, and to whoever else seeks office...
Some Jews feel that Hanukkah is misunderstood because of its proximity to Christmas. "The basic problem is that Hanukkah is a minor holiday and Christmas is a major holiday, and it's not right to equate the two," said Mather House resident Linda S. Lourie '87. "The customs for Christmas are not the same as those for Hanukkah. It's unfortunate that the holidays coincide," she said...
...Ukrainian seaman who on Oct. 24 jumped from a Soviet freighter into the Mississippi River near New Orleans. Immigration officials questioned Medved through a Justice Department interpreter, via telephone. According to the officials, Medved said he did not want to defect. Later, the interpreter said that they had misunderstood...