Word: errors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...When she posted a last-round 72 for an overall score of 298, she seemed to have the title won. Although 72 was her true score on the round, she had a five on her scorecard for the fourth hole, where she had actually shot a six. When the error was discovered she was disqualified. The new women's open champion: South Carolina's Betsy Rawls, who had the second best 72-hole total of 299. ¶Turning the biennial Newport-Annapolis race around and sailing northward made some refreshing changes in the East Coast yachting classic: more...
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...
...bench. It was useless. The "masterful, masterless" Coke merely returned to the House of Commons, where his shrewd advice created endless trouble for James. When Commons suggested that James be petitioned for liberty of speech and action, cagey Edward Coke pointed out to the members the potentially fatal error of begging for something that was already theirs by right of law. "Take heed," he said, "that we lose not our liberties by petitioning for liberty," and: "If my sovereign will not allow me my inheritance, I must fly to Magna Carta...
...ninth inning of a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Johnny Temple, Cincinnati Redleg second baseman, let a hot grounder sizzle through his legs, looked up to see the Scoreboard flash "error." and began a slow burn. After the Redlegs lost in the 11th, 3-2. Temple spotted the official scorer, Sportswriter Earl Lawson, in the clubhouse. "What was I supposed to do with that ball?" snapped Temple. "Shove it in my ear?" Said Lawson: "Grow up, John." Temple started swinging. The brief fracas cost Lawson one black eye. Temple a temper-cooling $100 fine...
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...