Word: blunder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...above four criticisms are on the statement alone; now we come to the question of timing. That Bingham should even discuss the problem of intercollegiate football at this time with the press, either on or off he record, is a greater blunder...
...school of historians, he argues, insists on playing down the moral issue of slavery as of little or no importance. Some go so far as to declare that the whole struggle was a tragic blunder that could have been avoided by more discussion, less action...
...targets "Bombing at very high altitude can be effective only on targets of great area. Such targets, unless we are committed to the concept of mass area bombing of urban areas, rather than precise bombing of specific military targets, are very limited. . . The B-36 is a billion-dollar blunder...
...Perle Mesta," reported the Luxembourg correspondent of the London Daily Mail, "is in a fair way to blunder a path into the hearts of the 300,000 people of this microscopic Grand Duchy . . . Impulsive, dictatorial, generous, fussy and friendly, Mrs. Mesta approached her job like the task of arranging a rather large tea-party complicated by the presence of some quaint foreigners . . . The people of Luxembourg are pleased as punch to have her here...
What an appalling blunder in public relations ... If Mrs. Roosevelt's attitude constitutes anti-Catholicism, then I've got news for the cardinal: this country is just full of "anti-Catholics" who feel just as she does on this subject. And his methods have done anything but lessen their number...