Word: mistakenness
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...Adolf Hitler seized Czecho-Slovakia because he thought the country's riches would pull him out of an economic hole, he is very likely to find himself as mistaken as when he took Austria and the Sudetenland. They have both proved to be liabilities...
Early this week General Miaja announced for the third time in six days that the revolt against him had been crushed. For the third time, however, the old "Savior of Madrid," whose military acumen was never rated very high, seemed likely to be mistaken. The "rebel" forces had been cleared out of the centre of Madrid, but they were still said to be holding important outskirts with 30,000 men. Furthermore, aid to them was on its way from other fronts. The chances were that the Loyalist forces, within plain view of their common enemies, would fight each other until...
Called Babes in the Wood, the show might well be mistaken for one of those innocuous fairy tale "pantomimes" so dear to British children of all ages. Produced by the left wing Unity Theatre Club, Inc., Babes in the Wood keeps out of the Lord Chamberlain's censorship clutches by being privately performed before "club members" who pay, not admission, but two shillings extra dues. Partly using the plot of the old fairy tale, Babes in the Wood introduces Chamberlain-umbrella and all -as "The Wicked Uncle," Hitler and Mussolini as "The Robbers." A Cabinet meeting...
...interesting observation made by Dean Holmes was his assertion that the "untrained beginner. . . may arouse enthusiasm and interest which leads to a mistaken specialization in his subject on the part of students who ought for various reasons to be giving their main effort to a different subject...
...interesting observation made by Dean Holmes was his assertion that the "untrained beginner. . . may arouse enthusiasm and interest which leads to a mistaken specialization in his subject on the part of students who ought for various reasons to be giving their main effort to a different subject...