We'll also learn which of the dozens of public-opinion polls were right and which ones were way off base.

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For those 401(k) participants who said they thought they knew how much they paid in fees, most of them were way off base.

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So I think that his criticisms are way off base.

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So shocking was the lack of interest in A-Rod's price tag that the players union even declared publicly it would look into the possibility of collusion (see SportsMoney blog: "Player's Union Way Off Base").

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Is Buffett Way Off Base On Newspapers?

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People like Angell are way off base.

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Am I way off base?

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Jackie Robinson had a heart-stopping way of taking a lead off third base.

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Having slipped past a Nato base on its way to a patrol mission off the US coast, K-19's nuclear reactor springs a leak.

BBC: K-19 stays afloat

It was as if a beautiful book had been written, but instead of the author finishing his first novel the way he saw fit, someone stood in his way looking exactly like him, and writing something completely off-base, destroying the masterpiece.

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