Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Petty Animosity." On Nov. 18, Francis Biddle asked for Littell's resignation, on the grounds that he and his assistant were "personally incompatible." Instead of his resignation, Littell wrote out a withering 12,000-word blast at his boss. The Attorney General of the U.S., Littell charged, was guilty...
The war on Leyte was sunk in a porridge of mud, and its sinking was obscured by a steam of confusion.
The confusion steamed up from the communiqués. They reported positions captured a second time without ever having admitted that the enemy had moved back in after the first capture; they reported positions taken twice, without explaining that faulty maps had caused mistakes in the identification of peaks and...
As a Chinese, may I hasten to express my sincere appreciation for your article on China in TIME (Nov. 13) . It takes courage and a tough mind to drive home against the current trend of confusion some of the issues involved in the Chinese situation. I am sure every Chinese...
What we want and need is 1) a sense of direction, 2) enthusiasm for our future, 3) promise of a society where the watchword will be "work and livelihood for willing hands." This as opposed to 1) confusion as to our aims, 2) fear of the future, 3) promise of...