Word: misguidedness
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Such soft-shoe exits, say the authors of this persuasive book, are unhealthy for the U.S. The reason: they often help turn misguided policies into national disasters without ever bringing them to public issue from within the Government itself. The war in Viet Nam is the best recent example. Though...
BENNY BACON MAKES a repulsively snivveling, lecherous Tartuffe whom you love to hate. Licking his twitching lips and rubbing his hands Uriah Heepishly, he genuflects his way towards inevitable downfall. Bacon dilutes the inherent despicableness of this character with a strong does of the ridiculous, and his Tartuffe becomes a...
Not surprisingly, Connors has alienated most of his fellow pros. "He ain't one of the boys," says Arthur Ashe. "Right now he's sorely misguided. We hardly say hello." As a group, the world's top players are almost unanimously for Newcombe. "Never will I root so hard for...
As bad as the shock was to the U.S., the Administration made it worse. It reacted in a schizophrenic mood, alternating between recrimination and caution. Behind the scenes, factions were vying to shape President Ford's public position. Officials close to Henry Kissinger felt that the Secretary of State's...
Then, with stunning suddenness, the war burst upon the U.S. all over again. Hué, Danang, Pleiku, Kontum-hearing the names once more is like suffering a relapse of some virulent disease. It is impossible for Americans to regard the flow of refugees and the anguish of the orphans without...