Word: misinterpretation
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...Grace Church. He is 36, married, father of three. No delegate to General Convention, he went to the missionary rally on his own, started the money-giving stampede on the spur of the moment. Declining afterwards to pose for photographs, he said: "There are people who may misinterpret the incident and have an idea that it was done with some thought of publicity." Nevertheless the evangelical fervor which he aroused was heartening to General Convention members who were worrying about finance. True, the Everyman's Offering raised by Charles Phelps Taft II amounted to more than $250,000. True...
...municipal graft. Steffens's audience would read avidly to the last word, throw up its hands in horror at the wickedness of the Big City, make up its mind to eject these bad men from office and place good men in their places, and in short, wholly misinterpret the arch-muckraker's meaning...
...interview with a CRIMSON reporter, Miss Braggiotti, feature dancer of the show, summed up the attitude of the cast: "I think 'Fiesta' is perfectly all right. It is Mexico. It is the people as they are. Why should nature be changed to suit those bigots whose minds misinterpret natural actions and truthful portraiture as attempts at immorality and the risque...
...misinterpret me by saying that I don't like French and Italian operas. In the old favorites of Meyerbeer, Verdi and Rossini there is an appeal which no lover of music can resist. All three composers attain moments of depth. Nevertheless when I want music which I know will have the effect of satisfying me completely I turn to Wagner. I love the Ring of the Nigbelingen and am never quite certain which individual opera stands foremost in my affections. 'Die Walkure', judging from the number of times it has been produced, is probably the popular favorite. The role...
...capacity of the average audience to completely misunderstand and misinterpret, to imply humor where none is intended, to mistake frankness for vulgarity,--this is most discouraging to the actor...