Word: mistaken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unfortunately statistics are often confused for facts, numbers often mistaken for knowledge. One wonders about Mr. Ferrara's figures (Crimson, Oct. 21) concerning the wealth of "farm workers," a term he was unsure of despite all of his numbers, consider that at this moment Mr. Ford is negotiating with millions of illegal Mexican aliens presently in this country, most of whom, according to the Boston Globe of October 21, 1974 (the same day Mr. Ferrara's article appeared), are "farm workers." If Mr. Ferrara's figures were divided by "a few more million" they might appear far less attractive...
Essentially, the problem is the choreography. It is almost as much mime as ballet. The story is a complicated slap stick tale about a flirtatious town clown, his enemies and his inamorata (complete with mistaken identities, a fake death and an implausibly happy ending) that defies compression as well as credibility. Massine's scenario is too highly stylized to allow for many low jinks; the result is commedia dell'arte without any comedy, Punch-and-Judy minus the punch. The occasional moments of raffish humor are all provided by quick-legged Gary Chryst, 24, who leaps, whirls, jigs...
Bandit Attack. Though the Kunsts were often greeted royally (by Princess Grace of Monaco, among others), they also had misadventures. Mistaken for smugglers in the Spanish countryside one night, they were prodded awake by guards with Sten guns. The mayor of a French village chased them out of his house when they came to call, and they were stoned by anti-Americans in Iran and Turkey...
Near by, at the Dudley Court Hotel, matters were more terrifying for 21 tourists huddled in the cellar. The building was raked with machine-gun fire. Propane tanks in the kitchen were shattered, and the gas seeped into the cellar where it was mistaken for chemical-warfare gas, creating momentary panic. The tourists had draped a large Union Jack over the hotel entrance, and it too was stitched with shots. After the shooting, one of the group complained to a Turkish major in charge about the desecration of the British flag. In response the major summoned the lieutenant in charge...
...thereupon seduce. Equally as good is Symposium, a pants-off bow to Plato, which follows several male doctors, a woman doctor and a nurse through a nightlong rigadoon. Everyone is feeling randy, and each soul present, though perfectly satisfied that he knows what is happening, is in fact calamitously mistaken about who wants to do what to whom...