Word: misinterpreting
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...essentially dupes. Why do we believe so many lies? This is what I call the liar's advantage. We are not very good at detecting deception in other people. When we are trying to detect honesty, we look at the wrong kinds of nonverbal behaviors, and we misinterpret them. The problem is that there is no direct correlation between someone's nonverbal behavior and their honesty. "Shiftiness" could also be the result of being nervous, angry, distracted or sad. Even trained interrogators [aren't] able to detect deception at [high] rates. You might as well flip a coin to determine...
...rule of law can exist without a charismatic leader and in the minds of the people. Camelot is supposed to be permanent. That said, Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot” plays only until September, and theater-goers should relish it. Ruggiero may misinterpret Arthur’s story, but he tells it beautifully. His production is, in Lerner’s words, “one brief shining moment...
...expect nor intend to incite the negative responses that the scene provoked. Instead of a racially charged image of black male sexuality, he envisioned the segment to be a theatrical representation of the planet on a fashion runway. “It’s hard to prevent misinterpretations of what’s trying to be an empowering production because there are a lot of different ways in which people can interpret art,” Navarro says. “Eleganza is art in a dynamic form but it is ultimately up to the individual to interpret...
...Well, yes, actually, he did misinterpret the Games' cultural significance - namely, that they came at a moment when a good chunk of young people were getting a little bored with football and baseball, while even more were on skateboards practicing their Ollies in mall parking lots across the country. ESPN spent a reported $10 million on the 1995 X Games, drawing some 200,000 spectators to the competition held in Rhode Island. Hailed (by ESPN) as a huge success, the Games, originally planned to be biennial, were quickly rescheduled to be held every year. In 1996, marketers promoted the remonickered...
...terrible consequences. There is a verse in Psalms, "bend down their backs always," that he, reading Paul, applied to the Jews. He meant by this phrase that when Jews read the Bible, their posture was oriented "downward" toward this world rather than "upward" toward heaven. Much later, churchmen will misinterpret Augustine to be saying "Sit on Jewish backs until they bend." The things that were later done on his authority were a horrifying misreading. And he himself would have been horrified...