Word: blundered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gerry reservation was a prize blunder, a true masterpiece of diplomacy. The friendship of an ancient and powerful ally, and the reputation of the United States as a nation with at least sensible ideas of international relations; these are cast aside...
...friendship of France has already been alienated by an atrocious blunder by the President. We must now lose the amity of Great Britain by a gross interference in her private affairs. The ancient rules of international relationship require that nations, at least officially, attend to their own affairs, and allow their sister nations to do likewise. Many Englishmen feel that we have worked great injustice in our negro problem. How would we welcome British interference on this subject...
...lead one to believe that for commercial reasons the Harvard Glee Club had acquired his services in order to give a necessary publicity. In view of the fact that Kreisler has been refused entrance on the concert stage in so many cities throughout the country, I consider it a blunder on the part of the Glee Club to enter voluntarily and consciously into an affair that is bound to lead to adverse comment. And personally if we must go to those that represent the enemies we so lately fought, for publicity or any commercial essential, I think it is time...
...failure. There is no use in crying over spilt milk (in this case amounting to several thousand dollars) but it would be well to find out who was at fault in giving our delegation a false impression of the conference, so that we may avoid a repetition of the blunder...