Word: error
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...considerable moral authority. Two weeks before his death, Sakharov joined a handful of Deputies from a radical coalition known as the Interregional Group in calling for a "warning strike" to force Congress to debate Article 6 and a package of reform laws. The strike was a failure, a tactical error that strained relations with Gorbachev, who was already impatient with Sakharov's frequent interruptions at legislative sessions. Nonetheless, Sakharov's death left a permanent void in the ranks of the liberal opposition and deprived the democratic movement of its symbolic leader...
...production error, the December 16 opinion piece "Winners Take All" appeared on the editorial page in a incomplete and spatially jumbled fashion, which rendered it almost incomprehensible. The piece will run again in corrected form after winter break. The Crimson regrets the error...
...December 7 commentary piece "593 and Counting...," the Crimson incorrectly stated that 2000 Palestinians have been detained without trial in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. The same error was repeated in the December 13 opinion piece "The Editor Strikes Back." In both cases, the correct figure about 9000, The Crimson regrets the error...
...Binyan's error is in thinking that the Tiananmen Square movement was wasted effort. International opinion was galvanized by the idea and image of non-violent students, gathered to express humanist ideals, bloodily crushed. If this movement is kept alive and if it eventually does succeed, the students of Tiananmen will rank among the historic martyrs of the world. Liu Binyan is right is saying that many things were and are lacking from the movement; he has potentially added a new dimension to the movement...
Because of a reporting error, an article in yesterday's Crimson mistakenly said that only 120 people donated blood in the first day of the Red Cross Blood Drive, far below organizers' goal of 205 donors per day. Monday's drive actually attracted 195 people...