Word: error
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nigger trick." Anything but smart was this dusky African potentate's pathetic belief that President Roosevelt would defend Ethiopia against Italy as a result of the midnight signing of the Rickett concession. Equally footless was his loss of temper in accusing Secretary Hull of "gross misjudgment." This petulant error Chargé d'Affaires Engert erased by denying the assertions of the Emperor's own entourage that he expressed himself in violent terms. According to Diplomat Engert the Emperor merely voiced "regret" that Standard Oil is not to lead the U. S. Marines to the rescue...
...dead-end, the "rat" goes into reverse, backs up past the fork, goes forward again, taking the correct left turn. This resets the controls in such a way as to enable the "rat" on the second try to negotiate the maze from start to finish without a single error...
Democratic Error. As a High Councilor, Dr. Carrel would promptly correct ''an error'' concerning democratic equality. Says he: "This dogma is now breaking down under the blows of the experience of the nations. It is, therefore, unnecessary to insist upon its falseness. But its success has been astonishingly long. How could humanity accept such faith for so many years? The democratic creed does not take account of the constitution of our body and of our consciousness. It does not apply to the concrete fact which the individual is. Indeed, human beings are equal. But individuals...
...After averaging his time for the two runs, American Automobile Association officials announced the result as 299.875 m.p.h. Disgusted at having missed his objective by an eyelash, Driver Campbell said he would try again next morning. Four hours later, he was told that a bungling timer had made an error in arithmetic and that his correct speed was 301.337. Said Sir Malcolm: "The news comes somewhat flat but I am glad to hear it. . . . I feel that the Bluebird has made her last flight...
...show that you were relying on information obtained from somebody else and it appears that the statement was made on your own responsibility. I am sure that you will not want so important a misstatement of fact to appear in the record with nothing to indicate that the error was not your own. F. S. BURROUGHS...