Word: mistakenness
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...TIME contends that gunboat diplomacy is anachronistic [Dec. 24]. You cite Viet Nam and the resulting catastrophe of intervention in that civil war as proof of your thesis. It was our mistaken use of "We don't want another Munich" that led us to catastrophe in Viet Nam. It could be that the cry "We don't want another Viet Nam" will lead us to further, more serious mistakes. Our foreign policy should be governed by careful analysis, not careless analogy...
Kilson is certainly mistaken in linking acculturation with academic success. Afro-American culture does not inherently reject academic achievement. Though any culture can be shaped to promote anti-intellectual and anti-achievement values, black students at Harvard have not promoted either. Their cultural activities are grounded in their commitment to maintain links between themselves, as future members of professional classes, and other rungs of black society...
Obviously, Vice President Hall does have a firm grip on his own corner of reality. "Harvard will have to cut its consumption by 30 percent to meet federal expectations." However, the easiest administrative solution should not be mistaken for the fairest. A hard examination of priorities by the entire community rather than reflexive and apocalyptic suggestions from the administration are very much in order. For openers, it would be nice to have some information on the feasibility of other alternatives. Could one wing of each house be kept heated? Would a cut-back of a few degrees make...
...make. The U.S. cannot tolerate half of an involvement." The allies, he added, should look beyond their own myopic, regional interests and realize that in the long run, American actions in the Middle East will keep Arab oil out of the clutches of the Russians. The allies are mistaken, he noted further, if they think American forces in Europe are committed only to NATO. In fact, he said, they are available to counter threats outside NATO'S geographic area...
...office of mousey psychiatrist Dr. Prentice (David Natzler), the play juggles the three recurrent themes of sex, madness and mistaken identity in a farcical manner which grows tedious before the close of the first...