Word: incorrection
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...their language--specifically in the power of two words that have been perverted and tossed around, sometimes carelessly, most of the time connivingly, at the expense of understanding and justice for all. The two words--"objective" and "political"--have become the most dangerous weapons yet of the "politically incorrect," what those who oppose any challenge to the status quo would call themselves...
...demonstrated negligence in reporting and incompetence in checking the facts. In the whole staff editorial in the 14 April issue of The Crimson, the editors wrote that La O was one of the student groups that expressed hostility towards the Leonard Jeffries lecture sponsored by BSA. This is simply incorrect, since La O neither supported nor protested the event...
...bombing Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270 people. The understanding was that the two would be passed on for trial in either the U.S. or Britain. But when an Arab League delegation called in Tripoli, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pronounced his ambassador "incorrect" and sent them away empty-handed. Meanwhile, the World Court in the Hague opened hearings on a Libyan charge that the U.S. and Britain have resorted to "blackmail" by threatening the use of force unless Libya surrenders the suspected bombers...
...began by stating that the common belief that she is a neo- conservative is incorrect, claiming that it ispossible to support a feminist agenda whileremaining critical of "the disaster called women'sstudies...
Students in the audience were visibly agitatedby the statement. "There's an incorrect assumptionhere that the faculty is exclusively capable ofselecting the best professors," responded one lawstudent...