Word: misinterpretation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...threat by Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan against Reporter Milton Coleman. I immediately recognized it as religious metaphor. But it was dangerous language because of the ability to misinterpret it. I think it was more out of naiveté than meanness...
...such a chilling procedure seems like the bill that craft pays to commerce, it still unsettles those designers, usually the best ones, who put a premium on their creativity. "I create an image, but this look often disappears in the stores," says Giorgio Armani. "Buyers tend to misinterpret the idea and the allure of the designers," grouses Jean-Paul Gaultier, whose clothes attempt to transform the pandemonium of London rock fashion into a whimsical redefinition of youth a la mode. "They buy a big, oversized suit in a small size so it becomes superclassic, not all me." Issey Miyake expects...
...could spread to neighboring Arab gulf states or even escalate into a confrontation between the superpowers. Responding to Saudi Arabia's fears of possible spillover attacks against Middle East oilfields, the U.S. lent Riyadh four AWAC (Airborne Warning and Control System) electronic-surveillance planes. Mindful that Iran might misinterpret the gesture as an act of pro-Iraqi collusion, Muskie wrote a letter to Banisadr re-emphasizing U.S. neutrality. Indeed, Iran promptly denounced the action as "provocative." As usual, it did not help the hostage problem. Iran's parliament, the Majlis, put a seven-member commission of hard-liners...