Word: misleading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...news of the high-level hoax stirred a furor in Washington last week, the Reagan Administration denied that it had orchestrated a campaign to mislead the public. "We didn't tell any lies," said the President, although he admitted "there are memos back and forth . . . I can't deny that." A quick report from the Senate Intelligence Committee seemed to support Reagan's disavowal. Whether or not some Government officials leaked false information, explained a member of the committee's staff, there was no deliberate policy behind...
...Crimson's May 2 feature article on my friend and colleague Professor Eileen Southern sympathetic and informative, there was at least one misstatement of fact that needs correction, since it perpetuates myths about the Music Department that I am sure did not come from Eileen herself, and that oculd mislead students about course offerings and faculty in the department...
Using falsified "disinformation" to mislead adversaries is a patented Soviet ruse. Last week there were suggestions that the Pentagon may be playing the same game. Aviation Week magazine reported that for more than two years the Defense Department has deliberately misrepresented publicly available performance standards and other technical data on several key projects. Among them: high- speed microchips, low-visibility Stealth aircraft technology, and perhaps the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars, project. While the program's goal is to confuse Soviet weapons planners, the U.S. public and Congress are also being deceived. Four U.S. Senators have asked the Senate...
Although the national union still provides strike benefits to the Austin strikes, it has also accused the militant local leaders of being "false prophets" who mislead the workers they represent. Wynn has gone so far as to liken the strategies of the Austin leaders to Nazistyle propaganda. Such denunciations by the national unions are rather hypocritical for leaders who nominally act to fight against management attacks on the working lives of their members...
...percent no answer. Eighty-three people voted on the second question but not the first. A startling 1018 voted only on the first. If you were told by council vice chairman Steven Smith that 38.2 percent voted No on the second question, he was doing his best to mislead...