Word: misunderstood
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...nation that idealizes competition, it has practically none. Unlike other corporate giants, it cannot set its own prices, which are carefully regulated not only by the Federal Government but by individual states. It has more direct contact with Americans than any other company, yet it often feels misunderstood. Few companies are more conservative; none are more creative. It has grown huge by paying attention to little things-little efficiencies, little economies, little people. It is that ubiquitous firm whose business is talk and whose product is the telephone: the American Telephone & Telegraph...
...Because of TIME'S treatment, we are privileged to enter the depths beneath the jazz and junkie facade of the tabloids and see a person who runs the risk of manhood-that of being misunderstood...
...series is designed to study "a facet of American history that has gone too long unrecognized and is often misunderstood" in an attempt to gain insight into the present civil rights struggle and discover "visible alternatives" for action today...
American residents of the Canal Zone fully understand the problems caused by their presence in Panama but are misunderstood by their fellow Americans in the United States, according to Elso S. Barghoorn, professor of Botany. Barghoorn, stranded in the Zone during the rioting earlier this month, also claimed the violence was caused by Castro-influenced agitators exploiting an emotional situation...
...Americans appreciated the situation, Barghoorn said, but were bitter and frustrated because they have been unable to make their point of view known. As a result, they are largely misunderstood...