But it doing so, these leaders are operating on a mistaken assumption: they believe that attracting attention is the same as attracting support.
In summary: students who are unsure as to what their careers might be (and who truly knows at 16?) are operating under the mistaken belief that humanities subjects are useful for all kinds of jobs.
All this time, we've been operating under the mistaken assumption that you were choosing to get all belligerent every time our college boyfriend called, or to tune us out as your eyes became glued to the waitress's breasts showcased in a T-shirt two sizes too small.
This caused the reactor core to shut down automatically, but a series of equipment and instrument malfunctions, human errors in operating procedures, and mistaken decisions in the ensuing hours led to a serious loss of water coolant from the reactor core.
Many governments and global aid agencies are operating under the mistaken impression that Burma is now free.
I have been operating under the mistaken belief that those who continually forward emails full of vicious lies and distortions smearing President Obama, his family, and others with whom they politically disagree were simply mistaken.
Many parents who sent their children were also operating under a mistaken impression that if the minors arrived at the border alone, they would be admitted to the United States.
In America, there are two TSAs: one that understands its real mission and seems to respect the dignity of its passengers, and another that's operating under the mistaken belief that it's the last line of defense against terrorism and that it can break a few laws, and trample on the U.S. Constitution, to get the job done.
Despite a requirement that hospitals abide by a standard set of procedures to prevent surgical mistakes like operating on the wrong patient or the wrong body part, such errors continue to occur far too often, researchers are reporting.
The group said the most common mistake was operating on the wrong foot or leg.
