Word: error
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that we committed a sin of naivete." The sin was that the Italian Communist Party had Sacrificed effectiveness for size. It was the world's largest outside Russia, but some of its members were incompletely disciplined. Said Togliatti: "We failed to renew the whole Italian social structure. . . . This error . . . forced us on the defensive when we should have been on the offensive. . . . U.S. imperialism today is attempting formation of a Catholic bloc round the Mediterranean [Italy, France, Spain] to form a spearhead against the Soviet Union. The Vatican, which claims to have been anti-capitalist even in evangelical times...
...Abner space with season's greetings to his pals, but Washington Publisher "Cissie" Patterson, who is mad at Walter Winchell and her ex-son-in-law, Drew Pearson, had their names routed out. Times-Herald readers who phoned in about the empty spaces were blandly told: typographical error...
Each time Andy got ahead there were cries, "You're lucky, Andy." The crowd wasn't really against Andy: it was just that he was fun to badger. Twice, trying to knock down a lone pin, he committed the amazing error of guttering the ball, like any Thursday-night office league dub. The crowd jeered. Not until Wilman's last ball was bowled was the championship decided. Joe needed a strike to win, and left the tenpin standing...
Carnahan ordered a second printing in include Applegate and Duane, but a printer's error included a large number of the old ballots in the new batch. Seventy-three of these were distributed before the error was caught
...would also like to correct an error in your front page article, which stated that the Temporary Class Committee was appointed. They were popularly elected. As a result of the class popularity and prominence of these men at the time, and the work they have subsequently done for the class, they were deserving of a place on the ballot, with few exceptions...