Word: error
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world...
Sirs: What an acknowledgment of error: "a grey prison-made suit with $10 of the State's money" after twelve years' imprisonment on false testimony obtained under duress. While nothing could make full retribution to the individual in a case such as this, surely a State should feel financial liability to the extent of assistance until suitable permanent employment could be found-if greater financial compensation is impossible under existing laws. Thanks to TIME [Aug. 27] and the Chicago Daily Times for publishing the story of Joe Majczek and his mother...
...prestige in Korea-and elsewhere-had suffered. Said the N.Y. Times: "A major error of political strategy and principle...
...seacoast fire-control radar" can detect individual vessels 25 miles out to sea through the soupiest nor'easter, with a five-yard margin of error at twelve miles...
...educational about Einstein, was only partly instructive, not wholly entertaining. Fadiman tried to give his hearers a glimmer of the theory's importance : atomic scientists had used it, he said, in calculating the amount of energy in an atom. Concluded Fadiman: "Before Einstein, there was one essential error in the logic of physics - it considered...