Word: misunderstood
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...island of Sri Lanka is one of disparities on a number of accounts. It is commonly misunderstood as one between a terrorist group and a legitimate state, and its status as Asia’s longest continuing civil war—lasting 26 years—with deeply rooted ethnic tensions is not properly considered by the United Nations, the United States, or any other nation...
...characters I play are good guys. They're just misunderstood. I honestly don't think I'm attracted to dark characters. I'm just not attracted to straightforward, plain, likable people. I don't think they're very interesting to play...
...understand more and more about multiple personalities, epilepsy, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, doesn't demonic possession get explained away? There's a definite degree to which that's true. You can't deny the fact that many illnesses in the past were misunderstood. The church has to be very careful about confusing mental illness with demonic possession...
...OZAWA: Totally relevant. Without this reform we will not be able to create a new Japan. However, I would like add the following point so that I am not misunderstood. I'm not saying that bureaucracy is unnecessary. What I'm saying is that the basic policy course should be set by politicians. And once the course is set the specific policies are supposed to be implemented by the bureaucrats. That means that the bureaucrats, like the politicians, are supposed to do their own jobs...
...government and can freely pursue a cultural agenda with any country. For Iran's curators, politics underscores every exchange, and sending relics abroad requires authorization from some of Iran's most powerful bureaucrats. That makes the Shah 'Abbas show all the more significant. "Iranians feel they are misunderstood, misrepresented and sometimes rather snubbed by the West," says Michael Axworthy, director of the Centre for Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Exeter. "There are few things the Iranians look for more than an appreciation for where they are coming from culturally and intellectually...