Word: inexact
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Presidential statement that was inexact...
...President's description was inexact. Mr. Johnson made no "hit." It is true that he reached first base in the last inning after striking the ball with his bat. But Shortstop Jackson fumbled the ball; and the play was scored as an "error" for Shortstop Jackson- not as a "hit" for Mr. Johnson. Baseball enthusiasts the country over had reason to agree with Mr. Coolidge that he is no student of the game...
...charged that Cummins, having no diplomatic status (Mexico being unrecognized by Britain), wrote several notes to the Government couched in "violent, highly offensive and utterly undiplomatic terms." It was also charged that, due to an unfortunate combination of his "prejudices and interests," he had seen fit to send many inexact reports to London...
After a brief introductory address by President Lowell, in which he commended the members of the committee for their service in developing economics from an inexact to an exact science. Professors Warren M. Persons and Charles J. Bullock, both of the committee, spoke, describing the growth and development of the Bureau of Economic Research at Harvard...