Word: errors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...place too great an importance on the foreign car switch may be a grave error. The one I purchased included extras such as windshield wipers which never worked, directional signals which didn't direct and foot pedals which were no larger than a Grade A egg. I now drive a finned Plymouth...
...article in your issue of May 5th referred to the possibility of "soundproofing" House dining halls by means of acoustical treatment of the ceilings. The use of the word "soundproofing" in this connection is a common error which unfortunately reflects more than semantic confusion...
...strange voice phoned the Lleras home to tell the candidate to get ready, that he was needed to help put down a plot against the junta. Lleras shaved, dressed and dutifully stepped into the military police truck that came to pick him up. But his captors committed the tactical error of racing past the presidential palace on their way to the barracks, and were stopped for speeding by the army's palace guards. The guards recognized the prisoner, leveled rifles at the military police, escorted Lleras to safety...
...varsity scored again in the second on an infield hit by John Davis, an error, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice...
...Terriers tied the score in the sixth; but two innings later the Crimson bunched a couple of singles with a B.U. error and a wild pitch, to retake the lead, 4 to 2. The varsity's last two runs came in the ninth without benefit of a hit. This final B.U. gift was compounded of three walks, another wild pitch, and another error by the catcher...