Word: error
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fears of those who saw potential violence in the Montgomery situation, however, have so far proved fortunately in error. Credit is due to both sides, but particularly to the Negroes. Their leaders are soft-spoken, educated men who have carried on a carefully organized campaign. As one indicted clergyman says, "We must use the weapon of love." Another, asked about the future of the transit company, said: "It can run buses as long as it wants to--but it will run them without Negroes until it gives us justice...
...Laborite Home Secretary at the time, Chuter Ede had refused to save Evans' life. Convinced later of his mistake, Chuter Ede made a moving confession of error to the House; the Evans case did more than anything else to agitate debate. Sir Ernest Cowers, during the four years his royal commission studied the problem, himself underwent a complete about-face from his original conviction that those who wanted to abolish the death penalty were merely "people whose hearts were bigger than their heads...
...publication last week. Said the Jesuit weekly America: "We recognize that there are many profound differences between the faith of Billy Graham and the faith professed by members of the Roman Catholic Church. Nevertheless . . . we rather like Mr. Graham . . . On many fundamental points of Christian doctrine, he is in error. Catholics may not attend his revival services. However, when he is put in the balance with some of his critics, he looks a lot more like a Christian than they...
PAINTER Paul Gauguin set in motion one of the main art trends of the 20th century when he decided that "the Greek [style] is the great error, beautiful though it is," and plunged off to Tahiti to capture the expressive power of primitive art. In the hands of such moderns as Painters Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani and Sculptors Brancusi, Henry Moore and Alberto Giacometti, this source of inspiration has not only produced new art; it has also caused primitive art itself to be reassessed. The rise of primitive works from artifact to art is currently being demonstrated by the first showing...
...Social Error. His campaign tactics were unorthodox but effective. On occasion, Lausche traveled around Ohio by bus. Whenever he had an engagement at a strawberry festival or a county fair, he usually managed to slip in through a side entrance, avoid the official greeters and mingle with the crowds, shaking all hands, admiring babies, and earnestly talking politics to individual voters. His common touch made excellent word-of-mouth publicity and swung many a vote. In 1946, when Lausche ran for reelection, he was defeated by 40,000 votes. At least part of his defeat was attributed to the fact...