Word: misprints
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...have a superb sense of humor or are the greatest hypocrites in journalism. I was amazed to see a statement by the editor that "TIME does set as its goal to be fair in reporting and never to take sides in partisan affairs." Surely this must have been a misprint. Even the most naive reader could see that TIME has never given a fair presentation of labor's views in any controversy. It has never presented the arguments for Harry Bridges, of which there are many, but has presented one sided articles...
Once Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes found a patient reading up on his disease. "Look out!" warned the doctor, "or you'll die of a misprint some day." Last week, to replace old-fashioned medical "encyclopedias," a group of eminent physicians, headed by Stomach Specialist Walter Clement Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic, published a series of little books (Help Your Doctor to Help You; Harper; 95?) on five diseases (twelve more are coming). The books, which were displayed for the first time at the College of Physicians meeting in Boston, are for popular consumption, are supposed to contain no medical...
...Investigation shows that the unfortunate name is a misprint for C. Wolf. Would that our discovery could alleviate his sufferings...
...Ringling Brothers and their imposing mustaches pasted on the cow barns of the nation. As a matter of fact there were not five brothers but seven: Al. Gus. Otto, Alf T.. Charles E., John and Henry and their names were not Ringling but Rungeling. "Ringling" was a newspaper misprint which they decided not to correct...
...system and the ballots were counted under the straight vote system cannot be reconciled. The actions of the committee members in charge last night are inexcusable. Their explanations were never definite nor indicative of competence. The first defence, that the statement on the ballots to vote preferentially was a misprint, is astoundingly weak; it is generally the custom for the men in charge to proof-read such important documents as ballots. If they had done so, the mistake would never have happened. Secondly, their protest that the straight vote system has been used exclusively in past years and should...