Word: error
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...engineers, gravely fingering their hairy American ears, announced: "Thus far [its accuracy] is very poor, with a possible error of up to 50% in range-a complete floperoo...
...prevalent opinion that a person who writes a novel or a book about a war during that war cannot be sufficiently objective. There is truth and error in such an opinion...
...incorrect use of a word in TIME brings me the same gloating feeling as catching the Boss in an error! . . . Adjectives are compared, not conjugated...
...Felicie Giacobbi, walking down a street in Algiers where three U.S. soldiers and a sailor were playing catch, was hit in the face by a ball. Award: $47.50. (But the Army chalked up an error to the Navy, asked the Navy...
Wrote Grattan: "The great majority of those who are discussing what America must do to achieve postwar prosperity . . . talk in terms of employment in factories. This is a dangerous error. . . . Our main attention must be concentrated upon seeing that after the war service industries are given every opportunity to expand...