Word: misread
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...next drive after the field goal, Harvard went three-and-out--on three incomplete passes. Each play involved a slight misread. The first two downs, Wahlberg led his receivers a little too far to make a proper catch. On third down, Wahlberg took too long to find wide open sophomore receiver Kyle Cremerosa at the 40-yard line. By the time he made the throw, the Crusaders were mounting pressure and the pass was well off the mark...
Unfortunately, politicians have misread the attitude of younger voters. The problem today is not apathy: it's distrust. Today's youth do not shy away from the problems of their community; instead, they shy away from politics as a solution to those problems, choosing to help through private initiative and community service with a dedication that could, with some effort, be diverted into the public sphere...
...authors, however, argued that their strip was being misread, as were their intentions. Chu wrote in the Advocate that the strip was autobiographical and that his and Burgess' hope was simply to "end up posted on doors in the math department...
...order to showcase the stunning good looks of the new architectural wonder. Or, if Harvard built it on the site of the now-departed Coop Annex, it could, in homage to another of the site's previous occupants, give the College "Bow House." The name could be misread, however, leading to sexual harassment suits after much gropius behavior...Anyway, the big boys and girls in the home office will pick their own name, and, as sure as the day is long, it will be for a wealthy donor. Our money's on Rita Hauser. In the meantime, there's still...
...Unfortunately, Wolfe misread Hobbes' essential point. Manliness--as displayed in the brutal life of pre-civil society--is not an unmitigated good. In fact, it is the enemy of society, order, peace and of our own well-being. No one wants a brutish life. Hobbes writes that we all must give up our natural manly tendencies in order to attain some remnant of civilization. Pride is an obstacle to our own safety. In short, he recognizes that our boys may want to go hunting, but we need to trick them into self-restraint...