Word: error
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President's error in administrative judgment does not, as in the reversed movie, pour the spilt milk back into the glass. The final conclusion of the Committee that Drs. Walsh and Sweezy should be reinstated is unjustified at this late date. If President Conant can be forgiven for making a tactical blunder, it is not so easy to forgive the Committee for declaring that Drs. Walsh and Sweezy should now be reappointed...
Jack Schwede and Charlie Brackett, pitching for the Crimson, allowed 12 hits and but four walks, as their teammates were guilty of only a single error in the field. The Elis scored four runs in the second frame, two in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth...
...your letters, was only mirroring truthfully the appalling confusion that exists in the minds of the U. S. public. Twenty-eight correspondents say that Roosevelt is not a liberal; I am astonished to learn that 28 people intelligent enough to be able to write should hold to such an error. What do they think he is? A conservative? A radical? A revolutionist? A fascist? What nonsense! A radical, as everybody but your correspondents knows, is a man who proposes drastic changes in the status quo, and the establishment of new institutions, new measures, to correct existing evils. ... A revolutionist differs...
...personal popularity and political prestige of Franklin Roosevelt are concerned, direct evidence is more important. Last week's most relevant evidence was a release made by FORTUNE of preliminary figures of its forthcoming (July) Survey. Since the FORTUNE Survey predicted the 1936 election results with an error of less than 1%, it is probably as accurate a political indicator as any now known...
...20year" loan, and only a successful maiden voyage was needed to make black ink blacker still. Half way across the Atlantic, the Nieuw Amsterdam ran into genuine rough weather. Officials aboard beamed with satisfaction. She proved not only seaworthy but exceptionally steady. Three days later, however, they discovered an error in their careful Dutch calculations: Designed to make 21½ knots, the Nieuw Amsterdam did 23 without pushing and as a "seven-day ship" made her first crossing of the Atlantic...