Word: mixup
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that first Administration. When Adams succeeded Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the leader of the opposition Republican Party, became Vice President. A split within the dominant Federalist Party caused Jefferson to come in second in the balloting for President in the Electoral College. Thus he was automatically named Vice President. This mixup could not be repeated after 1804 when the Twelfth Amendment was passed providing that the two offices had to be distinguished on the ballot...
...remembered parts of the talks remarkably well. Haldeman said that Dean apparently had confused two of the meetings because some topics Dean had thought were raised at a March 13 meeting with Nixon actually showed up on the March 21 tape that Haldeman had heard. Allowing for this mixup, the Dean and Haldeman versions include the following basic claims: MEETING OF SEPT...
Changing from a 34 to a 38 for the sprint, the Crimson tried to take the cadence up too quickly and lost time in the mixup...