After the verdict, he made a formal apology to Parliament, arguing that it had all been a simple misunderstanding.

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Andrews University, says the situation is so tense right now that even a simple misunderstanding could ignite the whole region.

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According to Nixon's Economy, the 1998 book by Rice University economic historian Allen Matusow, Laffer chalked up Schultz's eager embrace of his model to a simple misunderstanding.

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It's impossible to believe that this is a simple misunderstanding.

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While I would have preferred to fly to England and go rummaging through the Parliamentary Archives to confirm this personally, I had a deadline to meet, plus I am not especially welcome there anymore because of what I see as a simple misunderstanding as to whether their reading rooms are clothing-optional.

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"This simple point seems to have been lost in what I think is a fog of denial and sometimes apparently wilful misunderstanding, " she told MSPs.

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