Word: mistakenly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Beach, the Gormans of Homestead, the Rompas of Manhattan and the Hoergers of Miami Beach - submerged into celebrity. The last two families at least seemed particularly likely to account for themselves creditably in the future. Erna (21) and Elizabeth Kompa (20) are so much alike that they are usually mistaken for twins. They both have secretarial jobs, doctor sweethearts, a taste for radio concerts which leads to bickering because Erna prefers Wagner, Elizabeth Tchaikovsky. Daughters of a German mining engineer who arrived in the U. S. eleven years ago, they started to swim at Manhattan Beach in 1928 when their...
...organization include some of the most famed Democrats in the land: Owen D. Young, John W. Davis, John J. Raskob, Senators Pittman. Tydings, Robinson. Logically they might have expected a Democratic President who liked outdoor fun to drop in upon them often. If they ever so expected they were mistaken, for President Roosevelt on vacations displayed a pronounced preference for his own New Dealers, rather than for regular Democrats, as companions. So last week when he finally accepted the club's invitation to Jefferson Islands through its president, Senator Robinson, the announcement made a stir in Washington...
...would gladly discuss any magazine that I could find. The only one that I have at hand, however, is Esquire. If you think that I am going to give President Conant the chance to padlock our door so that we have to crawl in the window you are mistaken...
...Conant holds these views with which the writer credits him, he is mistaken not to disclose them. No one knows what he does think and his remarks on the subject form an inconsequential part of his speeches. He is responsible at present for the Faculty attitude which is not conductive to his purpose. A speech on scholarship would do little to restrict the flexibility of his freedom and would aid immeasurably a sane discussion...
...with the Hearst forces, and Garner was nominated for Vice President-"just the waterboy on the team," as he later called himself. Neither Publisher Hearst nor Nominee Roosevelt understood the calibre of their man. If Publisher Hearst expected John Garner to become a supporter of Hearstian policies he was mistaken. During the few months after the new Vice President took office, Mr. Hearst's contact men, James T. Williams Jr. and John A. Kennedy, used to call often on Mr. Garner. Now their visits are few & far between. Nominee Roosevelt made a different mistake. He feared that his running...