That's an unfortunate assumption, however, and it could cause problems.
It is, as several readers pointed out, an unfortunate assumption, since I knew nothing about the driver other than the color of his skin, his occupation and his choice of music.
On a campus like CSUB, a secular university, the unfortunate assumption that any talk of an afterlife must be based on religion reigns.
Operating on the unfortunate assumption that the sea will swallow the country, the government of Kiribati purchased 6,000 acres of land in Fiji last year, in case they need to uproot an entire people and put them somewhere else.
According to Cutt, "these stories, which in themselves kept alive the missionary spirit and perpetuated that paternal attitude towards India that lasted into the [twentieth century], were widely imitated" and "an unfortunate assumption of racial superiority was fostered by the over-simplification of some of Mrs. Sherwood's successors".
It's unfortunate, because such assumptions deter many people from applying, since they feel as though they don't stand a chance.
Like soft round lettuces, fiery yellow mustard and corned beef, watercress is the unfortunate victim of the assumption – now, happily, being challenged on all fronts – that foreign equals better.
Her new book, Not Under My Roof, draws this work together, pointing to the unfortunate ironies of U.S. parents' assumptions about teen sexuality: that teens are unable to control their raging hormones or fall in love, and that parents should draw a firm line against teen sex, which often results in conflict between parents and teens.
But one unfortunate result has been an assumption that the events of Sept. 8, 1863, belong to Dowling and his memory alone.
