Word: blundered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...West's first great blunder, according to Kennan, was World War I. Following the military deadlock of the fall of 1914, he says, there should have been a compromise peace. For total victory was impossible, due to the fact that modern warfare is too blunt and undiscriminating an instrument for the accomplishment of any aim other than mass destruction...
...their own aims. It could never have accomplished its purpose--the overthrow of the Bolsheviks--and it served only to help the Soviet Government rally the forces of nationalism. The Allies also passed up a number of opportunities to retire gracefully from the intervention, thus compounding the blunder...
...Blunder. Then Palmer, normally a flawless sand player, made an $8,000 blunder. He blasted out too strongly, belted his ball over the green and into the gallery, 25 ft. from the pin. Palmer stalked about the green, shaking his head, talking furiously to himself, while his playing partner, Charlie Coe, holed out. Finally Palmer took a putter, addressed his ball-and pushed it a full 12 ft. past the cup. A return putt was wide. Palmer finished with an incredible double-bogey six, slipped into a second-place tie (worth $12,000) with fast-closing Amateur Coe. New Masters...
...contradition between the words of one high government official and the actions of another is only one of the ironies of this inexplicable blunder. The most implausible aspect is the identity of the would-be censor: Edward R. Murrow. During his 25 years as a radio and television news commentator Murrow consistently up-held the principles of freedom of information. When some of his programs were criticized on the grounds that they portrayed the U.S. in an unfavorable light, he replied--quite correctly--that the faults as well as the virtues of the country must be exposed if other nations...
...intolorable handling of the National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey tournament situation by the Faculty Committee on Athletics has been not only a public relations blunder but the start of a poor precedent. It now looks like an annual affair...