Word: mistakenness
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...question of U.S. intentions. Speaking to the U.N. in Paris, Secretary of State George Marshall said: "The United States does not wish to increase the existing tension. It is its wholehearted desire to alleviate that tension . . . [But] it would be a tragic error if ... patience . . . should be mistaken for weakness...
...Russians realize that the U.S., if pushed, would fight? Washington was sure they did. But, according to the best information in Washington, the Russians thought that, even if the U.S. went to war, it would not use the atomic bomb. If so, the Russians were dreadfully mistaken...
...Government employees had been found loyal beyond question. The status of 6,344 employees-about one-third of 1%-had needed further investigation by the FBI. By latest count, 883 of these had resigned rather than face a loyalty-board hearing. Forty-four were cases of mistaken identity-the accused just happened to have the same names as subversive suspects not employed by the Government. In the 1,092 cases acted on by loyalty boards, 59 employees have been adjudged disloyal and recommended for dismissal...
...Pushups. At 33, Joe DiMaggio has black hair, beginning to be flecked with grey. Tall (6 ft. 2 in.) and solid (198 lbs.) in the smart double-breasted suits he wears off the playing field, he might be mistaken for a man with an office in midtown Manhattan. The tipoff that he is an athlete is his walk. It has a flowing, catlike quality, without waste motion...
...Cromer, England, Edward Atkins explained to police: "I shot my wife because she told me to, and I have always done what I was told." In Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, José Licea explained why he had shot his sister-in-law: he had mistaken her for his wife...