Word: incorrection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Certain comrades" had been deceived by false appearances. But these false appearances-that is, the strength of the Western partnership-obviously looked pretty impressive to Stalin himself. "Outwardly, everything, as it were, is 'satisfactory,' . . . But it would be incorrect to think that this 'prosperity' can be maintained 'forever and ever.' " Sooner or later, Japan and Germany would want to get out from "under the heel of American imperialism." England and France "in the end of ends will be forced to tear themselves out from the embraces of the United States and enter into conflict...
Last spring, as in the past, University Hall decreed the death of further rioting at the University. Perhaps the requiem to John B. G. Rinehart will be a quiet one, as is fitting, but the myth of the pathetic student calling to himself, incorrect as it is, will probably endure as long as the University itself...
...mention that the sailplane duration record is 12 hrs. 3 min. This is incorrect, as the present record is 56 hrs., established this spring by a French soaring pilot. U.S. record...
...Palestine Scandal. The indictment was overdrawn but not incorrect. Farouk, who could have been an uncommonly intelligent and able King (and occasionally was), turned out in the main to be an uncommonly gross and unrestrained one. He gave free rein to all his appetites-from women to power, and treated his Premiers as he did his girl friends, changing them constantly (five Premiers in one six-month period). After the birth of his only son he made a valiant effort to straighten up, and brought in honest Premier Hilary Pasha to purge the corruption that was endangering the government...
...statement that a picture in the article was faked is incorrect. "It was taken," said Skinner, "to illustrate the statement that dogs have the pattern discrimination needed to select a particular card from a deck. No claim was made that we had actually done this experiment for the 'Look' photographer...