Word: mistakenness
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Galbraith contends that the U.S. went into Viet Nam under the mistaken notion that it was fighting "a centrally directed Communist conspiracy." In the light of the Moscow-Peking split, he adds, that notion is no longer valid, and the U.S. ought to quit wasting its energies there at the expense of domestic needs and of other, more important areas, such as Japan and India. Viet Nam is "the wrong place to make a stand," he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1966. "If we were not in Viet Nam, all that part of the world would be enjoying...
...patient in an abortion case get stiff prison terms. The government makes it so hard to buy contraceptives that birth control pills have become an appreciated currency for tipping-even for those who get hold of only a few weeks' supply but take them anyway, in the mistaken belief than an ounce of prevention is better than none...
That impression was mistaken. Word of Schultze's resignation was leaked prematurely one night to reporters in Washington, and it seemed that L.B.J. was letting his Budget Director go without the customary amenities. In fact, Johnson had written a "Dear Charlie" note of "deepest thanks and warmest admiration," but reporters did not know this, and rumors of a rift spread...
...principle related to right and wrong." But the older man is not really that dogmatic; he has already explained that though a young child cannot be expected to make the ethical decisions his son calls principle, an older child has the responsibility of choice: "When the father is mistaken, should the child obey? Yes, if he's a child, he must obey; if he is an adolescent, he should obey; but if he's a college student, he ought not to obey...
...impossible to come up with any accurate comparison of the two teams personnel. In the case of the Packers, publicity and familiarity have spawned a mistaken aura of superiority. In the anonymous world of the offensive line. Forrest Gregg Jerry Kramer, and Bob Skoronski stand out over Oakland's Harry Schuh and Bob Svihus largely because of the tremendous exposure they have received in their decade in the pros, most of it with a championship team. But that doesn't mean a rising star can't be as bright as a falling one, or that the youngsters haven't been...