Word: blundered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Promoters of the fair, all British, were privately upbraided by Edward of Wales for not advertising it as an all-South America not just an Argentine affair. There is still time, advised H. R. H., to retrieve this stupid blunder. To the crestfallen promoters the Prince of Wales estimated that he personally had persuaded at least 2,000 South Americans who would not otherwise have come to visit the fair?no petty achievement for the "Empire Salesman" since most of those personally persuaded were potent folk...
Opposition to the chapel has been prompted by many reasons. Probably the greatest unity of opinion is to be found in the fear that a $1,000,000 chapel in the Yard will prove to be an architectural blunder. It is no secret that old Harvard men look aghast as new brick buildings are plumped down in rapid succession in the Yard's few remaining open spaces. There can be no doubt that a very large group of men, alumni and undergraduates, are united in asking that if the new chapel is erected in the Yard, it be of moderate...
...four accusers were "astonished." Said they: "The committee did not vote with us, but time will doubtless reveal their blunder...
Undoubtedly the "hit-and-run" accusation was a blunder and has been officially acknowledged as such by the United States. The apology has in addition been accepted by Benito Mussolini and apparently the tumult aroused by the affair has died down in Italian circles. It would therefore seem that a prolongation of the incident would not only be an unnecessary expenditure of effort, but also contribute nothing to the improvement of international relations. Furthermore, the mud-slinging and fireworks usually attending American trials might serve to make the Butler statement even more aggravating abroad. Already Senator Heflin has shouted...
Next day the Telegram priced the figures in their proper arrangement?$58.75 coats at $48.75; $13.74 dresses at $8.84? and humbly claimed blame for the printer's blunder. Also printed was a courtly exchange of flourishes between Publisher Roy Wilson Howard who "instantly offered to pay the difference in price to Macy's," and Macy's who "refused on the ground that it was distinctly unfair to any newspaper to penalize it so heavily...