Word: error
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prince Philip was in no position to thrash the bounder himself, the prince collected a few headlines on his own. At Arundel Castle in Sussex, he captained a cricket team during a charity match, let a hot liner bounce off his chest for what the Americans would call an error, saw his players fight to a draw with the Duke of Norfolk's team. At Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, he raised eyebrows by having a drink with his old friend, Lieut. Commander Michael Parker, who was ousted as Philip's private secretary after his separation from...
Twelve Angry Men. A thriller of ideas in which the right to trial (and error) by jury is cleverly cross-examined by Scriptwriter Reginald Rose. Actor Henry Fonda (TIME, April...
Kilty's only error is his staging of Cyrano's improvised ballade duel. But then I have never seen this scene done correctly outside of France. This is supposed to be a feat to epater les bourgeois. And the feat lies neither in expert swordplay nor in improvising a poem about it, but rather in doing both simultaneously. The duelling should be done strictly in time with the flowing cadences of the verse. But here there are so many pauses between phrases and lines that the stunning effect of the tour de force is lost; the tongue...
...first 71-plane order, G.M.'s suppliers reduced their charges by $1,700,000. Yet, said Powers, at the time of reordering, the company did not tell the Air Force about the saving, instead continued to use old cost estimates for subsequent deliveries. There was also a clerical "error" by G.M. planners, which overestimated the labor on each plane by 1,600 man-hours. Cost of the mistake: another $736,000. Finally, as volume rose, G.M. should have anticipated a reduction of overhead cost of $15,000 per plane, saving the Air Force...
Twelve Angry Men. A thriller of ideas in which the right to trial (and error) by jury is cleverly cross-examined by Scriptwriter Reginald Rose, Actor Henry Fonda (TIME, April...