10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WRONG-HEADEDNESS»
Discover the use of
wrong-headedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wrong-headedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming Toolbox
WRONG-HEADEDNESS. Often in a story, particularly a mystery, thriller, or
comedy, one of the main characters will simply do the wrong thing over and over
again. As an audience, you want to scream at the person and tell him what to do.
2
Discipleship Essentials: A Guide to Building Your Life in Christ
Finally, Paul describes wrong-headedness as the “ignorance that is in them.”
This is not innocent ignorance but a willful ignorance that leaves us accountable
to God. We are without excuse. God will hold us accountable for our ignorance ...
3
Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal
eight. The. Rushmore. of. Wrong-Headedness. I used to write for Dennis Miller in
1992, when he had a syndicated talk show. During the program's one season
Miller went from endorsing Jerry Brown to becoming a big Ross Perot supporter.
4
The History of P. Cornelius Tacitus
... by,a the Germans and Gauls, sensitive to infection, in their eagerness for the
river to escape from the heat, sapped their constitutions.8 Moreover, the rules of
the service fell into disorder,4 either through wrong- headedness 5 or self-interest
.
5
The Collected Works of Dr. P. M. Latham: Lectures on ...
And what the world makes sure of, and is familiar with, it is apt to call by some
homely vigorous name ; and this it calls wrong- headedness. The name is almost
descriptive of the thing itself ; for, wherever it is found, it is always ready to hinder
...
Peter Mere Latham, Robert Martin, Sir Thomas Watson, 1878
6
Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc
'Mr Belloc can make his wrong-headedness amusing,' wrote the TLS reviewer, '
but it remains wrong-headedness all the same.' The ghosts of Belloc's 'wrong-
headedness' were to return to haunt him during a lecture tour of the United States
...
The portrait of the Countess Badna, who becomes the wife of that good-tempered
, loyal, and in every way wholesome-natured English gentleman, Douglas
Colborne, is a very elaborate and exceedingly clever study of wrong-
headedness j ...
8
Babbling Echoes: Soundings from Yesteryear
In those days, the reference was to partisan politics, vested interests, graft and
good-old-fashioned wrong-headedness. Today, the machinery is truly complex
and more truly machinery. Wrong-headedness has become egregious error.
Error is ...
9
The Copernican Achievement
... or Johann Werner in which all the irregular motions that Copernicus assigns to
the earth are given to the heavens with no ill effects other than the general wrong
-headedness of the whole theory, a wrong-headedness shared by Copernicus.
10
Adventures of an Attorney in Search of Practice
Wrong- headedness may spring from temper, from timidity, from ignorance, and a
multitude of causes. I have already given a few specimens of the class that will
illustrate this, but the wrong- headedness to which I am now alluding, is an ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WRONG-HEADEDNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
wrong-headedness is used in the context of the following news items.
Could Food Trucks Help Feed the Homeless?
... take years to reveal their wrong-headedness (see, for example, the proliferation of tough-on-crime laws during the 1990s and today's burgeoning prison crisis) ... «TakePart, Jul 15»
Talking Heads, Theatre Royal Bath, review: taking on 'the hallowed …
It sounds memorable, if throwaway, but doesn't withstand scrutiny; too contrived in its cross-wired wrong-headedness, too plainly scripted. When LOL was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Transgender tales from the Twilight Zone
Instead of helping people come to grips with wrong-headedness and become right-headed, psychologists are wont to focus on and legitimate the feelings that ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
Sony is making an emoji movie: Here's a plot rival studios can use …
If the leaked Sony emails taught us anything, it's that the studio is a stronghold of wrong-headedness and panicked attempts at capturing the zeitgeist (though its ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
LA district continues to persecute one of the nation's best teachers
Fortunately, his attorneys have prepared a detailed account of the administrative incompetence and wrong-headedness that created this situation as Los ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Opinion: Anthony Kennedy and the Supremes
"Scalia's fury is a rear-guard action that proves its own wrong-headedness," Patt Morrison rebuts. "Of course California counts." L.A. Times. In other SCOTUS ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
Scaling Up, Mass Production and Wrong-Headedness in Education
The basic principle of American business is to find something that's needed, get investors to mass produce it and then sell it to millions. So the government ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
Peggy Curran: PQ using charter, identity debates to distract from true …
These are not double agents dispatched to underscore the wrong-headedness of the proposed charter. They are plain-spoken people who find cosmopolitan ... «Montreal Gazette, Jan 14»
Romney Distorts Facts on Jeep, Auto Bailout
And he touts an endorsement from the Detroit News, but the self-described conservative paper said it endorsed Romney “despite his wrong-headedness on the ... «FactCheck.org, Oct 12»
Detroit News Endorses Romney 'Despite His Wrong-Headedness …
The Detroit News endorsed Mitt Romney on Thursday, noting it wasn't an pre decision for the self-described conservative paper. Thanking President Barack ... «Mediaite, Oct 12»
