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But prosecutors hope to also show the jurors that Clemens talked about using human growth hormones to Pettitte, though Clemens has repeatedly said his former teammate "misheard" and "misremembers" the conversation.
In Herb Crehan's article on Red Sox spring training, Bobby Doerr misremembers the star of the film The Greatest Show on Earth.
Throughout the novel, Rebecca tries to figure out who her "true self" is--the "girlhood self" Will remembers (or is it misremembers? "He remembered that she used to recite poetry on their dates, although she couldn't believe she would ever have been so mawkish") or the wife, widow and mother she became when she took one fork in the road rather than the other.
At another point, he misremembers "Catch" as a 1968 release, and then can't recall who was running Paramount when he made the picture.
As a clue to why Al misremembers and exaggerates, the lullaby story has its relevance as a sad little essay in wish fulfillment.
- "I can't get out - I can't get out," said the starling.'(3) Maria misremembers the starling's words very slightly, saying 'cannot' for 'can't', but this does not appear to have troubled critics.