Word: errors
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FOOTNOTE: *The survey of 871 white adults and 93 black adults was conducted by telephone Jan. 19-21. The potential sampling error for the white respondents is plus or minus 3%. For the smaller number of black respondents, the sampling error is larger...
...error was not noticed until some 200 of the 13,000 directories had been distributed, Cantor said, and Rosovsky had nothing to do with the recall of the books...
...FIRST time Reagan has failed to pay attention to his foreign policy. At one point in Reagan's 1982 visit to Latin America he called for a toast to "the people of Bolivia," even though he was in Brazil. The president attempted to explain away the error by saying that Bolivia was his next stop when, in fact, Columbia was his next stop and he was not scheduled to visit Bolivia...
Instead of utilizing his traditional tools, the only action that will work for Reagan is one he has not tried before. To escape the shadows of Contrameinia, he has to accept responsibility for the scandal, admit to a fundamental policy error and take steps to prevent such a situation from recurring. The president must admit as JFK did after the Bay of Pigs fiasco of April, 1961, "I am the responsible officer of this government." At the date of this writing, the Administration has only admitted that "mistakes were made." Reagan has detached himself from responsibility for the deal...
November was drawing to a close, and though the Iran arms scandal was an accelerating political danger, the President, even in private conversation, still refused to concede error. George Bush confided to a friend that he was troubled by Ronald Reagan's position. "He won't even listen to the word mistake," related Bush. The President, he told the friend, had to make some kind of move. It was a rare lapse for the fastidious Vice President: even with close friends, he maintains a total blackout about his dealings with Reagan...