Word: missteps
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...leaped in swiftly in Algiers to guide events their way, but if they could impel events they could not with certainty control them. France settled down to an uneasy testing time of men in action and in reaction. Men eager to exploit the situation were fearful that a misstep might bring to power those they opposed, or a continuing irresolution might bring on what no true Frenchman wanted, the trials of a civil...
Outwardly, Egypt's Nasser and his countrymen acted as though they did not believe their antagonists' threats. In their hearts, however, they could not be sure that one misstep, one clumsy, maneuver, even one ship accident in the Suez ("Remember the Maine!") would not bring on the guns of Britain and France...
...Robert Weede in the title role, Susan Johnson in a comedy role, much of Joseph Anthony's lively staging and the best of Jo Mielziner's sets. But in working toward something more varied and spacious than the standard Broadway musical, Fella at its worst is a misstep forward; while the music itself is among Broadway's most resplendent in years...
...well he might. His actual political base in Parliament is so narrow that the first misstep is likely to send him tumbling. A huge chunk of supporting votes (150) came from the Communists, whose support Socialist Mollet disavowed. Another big batch came from enemies who felt that the least they could do for their country, while deciding how best to unseat Mollet, was to save France from the fate of a government coming into power solely because of Communist votes...
Your correspondent's assertion that unmarried mothers are heroines in Sweden is pure nonsense. What is true, however, is that Swedish society is endeavoring to prevent children from suffering from a misstep or misfortune of their mothers. The responsibilities, financially or otherwise, of fathers of illegitimate children are enforced both by legislation and public opinion. This may, however, not be the case in regard to the quotation extracted from a 19-year-old boy who evidently belongs to the category that breeds juvenile delinquents. Juvenile delinquency is perhaps also one of the elements of the sphere of public morality...