Word: mistaken
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...occasions when the enemy got the impression from the press we were so divided that we could not get together. The Germans got that impression in World War I, and the Germans and Japanese got it in World War II, and the Communists got it in Korea. They were mistaken...
Each of these methods, the East-West experts pointed out, has its faults. Acoustic waves from a volcanic eruption, for instance, can be mistaken for waves from a nuclear test. Seismic waves from earthquakes can be misinterpreted, too. Nuclear tests deep under the earth or ocean yield no radioactive fallout, send out no air waves or radio waves. But they do send waves through the ocean, the earth, or both. Each type of test is detectable by one or more methods...
Neither Russians nor Americans consider the system infallible. In 20 to 100 cases a year, natural earthquakes might be mistaken for deep underground tests. So they recommended that the international organization running the control system be permitted to go immediately to any suspected area and look for evidence of testing. Human ingenuity might find some way to fool this inspection too. but the experts decided that the risk of exposure would be extremely high...
...hormones given to the mothers. But these substances, some natural and some synthetic, are often closely related to the male sex hormone, testosterone. An unexpected result now reported by two Johns Hopkins University authorities: a female fetus may have its development so changed that the baby can be mistaken for a boy, and raised...
...Cairo, the Algerian rebels erupted in angry protest at "betrayal" by Tunisia, complained that such a commercial deal with France was a "hostile gesture to the Algerian people at war." Snapped a senior Tunisian politician last week: "If the F.L.N. thinks Tunisia will change its mind, it is mistaken. What right has the F.L.N. to set itself up as the heir to French colonialism in the Sahara...