Word: misinterpretation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...position. Harry Truman was quoted by Labor Leader David Dubinsky as promising, "We will not go out of Berlin." That was about all most U.S. citizens knew about their nation's developing diplomacy. But they were willing to applaud when Arthur Vandenberg warned the world not to misinterpret political differences in the U.S. After a conference with Governor Dewey, Vandenberg declared: "We are serving notice on the world that America is united to protect American rights everywhere...
Finally, "it would hardly seem possible to misinterpret the thought of opponents quite as grossly as this out of mere stupidity. Here we might turn to Calvin for an explanation and learn from him that most forms of human sinfulness are something more than stupidity and something less than malice...
...primary effect of Wallace's conference will be to boost morale in the Nazi-conquered countries. In America it will increase confidence that Rossevelt's promises will mean more than the Fourteen Points in making the peace. Verbose and eloquent promises are easy to forget and to misinterpret--clear, factual agreements publicly issued are hard for even the European masters of verbal gymnastics to pervert. Therefore, the proposals of Wallace and Leith-Ross, if sufficiently just, widely enough publicized, and actually carried out, may mean that the war will not inevitably result in an economically unworkable Europe. With freedom...
...Charlie McCarthy for Big Business illustrates well the chief fault of the leftist journal. Written by reporters whose mental imagery consists of David Low cartoons, the news articles by overdone cynicism and mudslinging antagonize rather than convince the reader. The Hearst tactic of headlines which exaggerate and misinterpret the stories is also used...