Word: mistakenness
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...seemed a bold gamble. The government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski had made no secret of the fact that it viewed the papal pilgrimage as a way to rehabilitate Poland in the eyes of the world. But if the authorities thought they could manipulate the Polish-born Pontiff, they were mistaken. John Paul was determined to speak his mind and his heart, however uncomfortable he made his secular hosts. As the Pope moved across Poland, he showed by word and gesture that he understood the meaning of the euphoric parenthesis of freedom that Poles had known for 16 months after...
...refrain to whatever we do. Viet Nam was 'over there.' This is 'everywhere.' My guess is that now the fear quotient is greater and that in response to a horror we can find no limits to, people appear passive, and that this passivity is mistaken for conservatism...
...British Catholics, who have protested to Archbishop Heim. He responded with a May 4 letter that was soon leaked to the press. Writing on his own and not at the Vatican's instruction, Heim stated that he favors multilateral and verifiable disarmament, and regards unilateral disarmament proposals as "mistaken." He also quoted Pope John Paul's qualified acceptance of nuclear deterrence if nations worked for disarmament. "Unilateralists are carrying out a one-sided campaign," Heim wrote, "and it is clear which side it benefits most." He continued, "Whether those doing so are consciously sharing the Soviet aggressiveness...
Poker playing is an utterly useless and gratifyingly antisocial activity, frequently mistaken for gambling. It is, of course, a game of skill, but not many people understand the nature of this skill, and fewer have seen it in action at the level of world-class play. High-stakes poker is secretive; it is illegal in most places, and embarrassing both to losers, whose associates tend to fret, and to winners, who dread the taxman. Thus the English writer and poker player A. Alvarez (author of another examination of self-destruction, The Savage God: A Study of Suicide) was beguiled when...
...Maria (Karen MacDonald). Matters become more complicated with the question of Charles and Joseph's inheritance from a rich uncle; the boys ward, a middle-aged curmudgeon bewildered by his pretty young wife, disagrees with the rich uncle as to which nephew is the more deserving; a game of mistaken identities is utilized to test the character of the young Surfaces; and several infidelities intervene. It all takes a bit more than three hours to unwind, and somehow, in the end, if all fits...