Word: misleading
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Troy said the alleged assaults did not take place at the same time and trying them together might mislead the jury into thinking the incidents were related and if they thought Hussain guilty of one but not guilty of the other they still might vote to convict on both...
Stockman made a point of defending the President: "Never, ever, has he attempted to mislead the Congress or the American people, or say things which weren't true." Declared Stockman: "I would not be here now, nor would I have worked 16 hours per day for nearly a year, if I did not believe in the President and in his policies...
...examined three reasons why Reagan should, in Safire's words, try to deny reality: "The first is that he is the legendary good schnook, who reads inflammatory lines unaware of their content. . . The second is that he is assuming the shiftiness of office and is now willing to mislead the public by blaming the press .. . The third-and the likelihood-is that he is falling into the trap of believing what he wishes were true...
According to the official release, the president "expressed particular dismay at the possible suggestion that his administration--or any members of his administration--might seek to mislead the American public...
...idea of driving away from nuclear fallout and to Greenfield, was "partially misleading," Wylie said, because "if Cambridge is the target of a nuclear attack, then we've all had it." Wylie added, "We were determined not to mislead the public, but to give them the unadorned facts...