Word: incorrectness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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British scientists have conceded that their prediction that the rocket of Sputnik I would plunge to earth Saturday was incorrect...
Faubus' latest lie came in a letter addressed to "Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, Commander of Occupation Troops." Because of the sneering (and incorrect) address. Walker, a tough Texan, returned the letter unopened. Governor Faubus, playing his little game, had already released it to the press. Two days later, asked for documented facts, the governor fell back upon his favorite saying: "I do not choose to release them at this time." He did, however, display news photographs of a paratrooper general and aides walking past girls playing softball outside the school. What connection could these pictures have with...
...challenge CAB's staff at every point. The profits of past years, they argue, have gone largely for new and increasingly expensive fleets of DC-75 and Constellations. As for this year's earnings, the lines charge that CAB arrives at its 20% return on investment by "incorrect" and "dangerous" accounting procedures, which take no account of the multimillion-dollar down payments toward new jet transports slated for future delivery. By eliminating these deposits, the CAB staff reduces every airline's investment base to the point where the investment return looks more favorable, even though overall profits...
...Incorrect. Soaring TV Guide sells more than 4,000,000 weekly on newsstands, whereas slipping Confidential claimed "more than 3,000,000" bimonthly...
Technically, stereophonic recording has come a long way. Early tapes sometimes had a solo singer's voice volleying from one speaker to the other like a hopped-up tennis ball. That exaggerated effect (due to incorrect microphone placement during the recording session) is now gone. Few who have heard really good stereo will ever be satisfied with anything else. As a demonstration of just how fi stereo has become, a team of acoustical engineers put concealed speakers on the stage of San Francisco's Opera House. The San Francisco Symphony went through the motions of playing while...