Alaska's attorney general, Daniel Sullivan, tells Newsweek that regulating business is a "misapplication" of the ESA. From Wordnik.com. [A Climatic Showdown in Alaska] Reference
They presented model legislation to correct what they called the "misapplication" of the amendment. From Wordnik.com. [Phillies Zone] Reference
Today, she warns about the programs 'misapplication. From Wordnik.com. [Insurers Criticized] Reference
Sometimes pets are sickened because of misapplication. From Wordnik.com. [EPA takes steps to improve safety of flea and tick treatments] Reference
I wish, at the outset, to forestall any such misapplication of the facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
He draws a line between his portfolio theory and its later misapplication. From Wordnik.com. [The Father of Portfolio Theory on the Crisis] Reference
Even so, Eric's use of square-root weighting seems like a misapplication of chi-square. From Wordnik.com. [TPM Track Composite: Obama Ahead By More Than Eight Points] Reference
Its finding in 1989: "Pedal misapplication" was the major cause for sudden acceleration. From Wordnik.com. [Minn. man jailed in fatal crash seeks retrial based on alleged Toyota defect] Reference
"That is a direct and most malicious misapplication of my words," says she, emphatically. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
"At best, we believe the claims filed today are a misapplication of the law," Brewer says. From Wordnik.com. [The Wylys respond] Reference
Human Rights, described the hearing as "farcical" and "a gross misapplication of the law.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But it would be a misapplication of the term to say that he was possessed by these spirits. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Second only to "conspiracy theory" is the overuse and misapplication of "racial profiling.". From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Gatesgate: They've All Got It Wrong.] Reference
The lamentable effects of such a misapplication of influence had been too frequently witnessed. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Those who excel in letters, and in the right use of letters, are sensitive to their misapplication. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Herbicide damage resulting from misapplication of chemicals also can be mistaken for other problems. From Wordnik.com. [Pest management] Reference
We are talking today about the misapplication of the scientific method in a very horrible way decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
There was no room, in her case, for the ordinary doubts, censures, and sneers about the misapplication of bounty. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861] Reference
Nor is it the poetical faculty itself, or any misapplication of it, to which this want of harmony is to be imputed. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
Therefore, it is, that evil per se, does not exist as power, but that it is the effect of a misapplication of power. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmic Consciousness] Reference
Lytle pleaded guilty to misapplication of bank funds, and Patterson pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Mr. Lytle. From Wordnik.com. [Garrett Johnson: How We Got Here, and How to Prevent it From Happening Again] Reference
Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word. From Wordnik.com. [Pudd'nhead Wilson] Reference
The misapplication of it to Lord Bacon's fall dates from an unauthorised publication in 1651, which misled Park in his edition of. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850] Reference
"The primary problem is the misapplication of resources applied to the wrong policies and the lack of political will to deliver.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The misapplication of the law, to drivers of private vehicles, has prompted Ernestina Mondragon to hire an attorney to sue the city. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2009] Reference
Now, the misapplication of the law to drivers of private vehicles has prompted Ernestina Mondragon to hire an attorney to sue the city. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2009] Reference
And some of them have been among the most abusive in terms of corruption and misapplication of the law, in taking the law into their hands. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2009] Reference
Until the Toyota incidents, pedal misapplication drew little attention despite the fact many experts consider it the main cause for sudden-acceleration reports. From Wordnik.com. [Toyota Rethinks Pedal Design] Reference
Whereupon, who can wonder at the amazement and indignation of Mother Nature, and that, with a keen sense of the misapplication of her skulls, she sometimes abuses. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841] Reference
But it was a strange misapplication of the term to use it for the pointed style, in contradistinction to the circular, formerly called Saxon, now Norman, Romanesque, &c. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849] Reference
As the burdens of the people were so increased, it was deemed expedient that some attempt should be made to prevent the misapplication of the money raised from the public. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
He had seen the anguish, moreover, of those who suffered from the deprivation of either sense, or of those who were tortured by the result of their own heinous misapplication. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
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