Word: misleads
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Unwise to Accept. "The comparative peace which has prevailed since October 1946," he said, "should not mislead us into thinking that the causes of strikes have been dissipated and that we are now on the threshold of industrial quiet and harmony." The chief reason for the great hush, he thought, was the November election results. "The heart of the problem is [still] the rise of a private institution, the national union, which has the power to close up the country's basic industries . . . impose on the country arbitrary, monopolistic economic decisions...
...wish to state to the American people that in the deliberate misrepresentation and abuse of the action, policies and purposes of our Government, [Communist] propaganda has been without regard for the truth, without any regard whatsoever for the facts, and has given plain evidence of a determined purpose to mislead the Chinese people and the world and to arouse a bitter hatred of Americans...
...case, complicated by three years of FTC's red tape, became simple in Mason's decision. The Manhattan Brewing Co. had been labeling its beer "Canadian Ace" since 1939, spent $750,000 advertising it. In 1943 FTC decided that "Canadian Ace" tended to mislead the public into believing the beer came from Canada. The company suggested adding a big "Made in U.S.A." to the label, but FTC stuck to its ruling that "Canadian Ace" could not be used. Commissioner Mason took a good layman's look at the offending label, reported: "It is hard to tell exactly...
...Russians went to bat again the morning after-this time for Indonesia. The Ukraine's Dmitry Zakharovich Manuilsky started off mildly enough, charging on the basis of newspaper clippings that Britain was "endangering genuine national aspirations." Quipped Bevin: a newspaper has three functions: to amuse, to entertain, to mislead. The joke was ill-timed, and Vishinsky grimly pounced on it. The Briton had to listen while the totalitarian defended Britain's free press: "The fact that there is a free press in Britain entitles us to place some credence...
...wise and honest can use the system to instruct and lead the people. The shallow and self-interested can use it to confuse and mislead...