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...Weekly News Magazine reported that Dali had misunderstood Tillich's comment about the painting being junk and quoted the artist, saying in rebuttal, "I have been drinking mineral water exclusively for more than ten years...
India's ways have often been misunderstood in this country, as her neutralism too often appeared basically pro-Russian. Many times the fault has lain with the United States, which sought to comprehend international politics in terms only of "for" and "against." But with the last week Nehru's India has behaved in a manner as inconsistent by her own standards as it is unfriendly by ours, and her U.N. voting record on Hungary is a disappointment most of all to those who had esteemed Nehru highly...
...Disturbed because athletes all over the world had "misunderstood" the International Olympic Committee's latest addition to the Olympic oath-a pledge by each performer that he not only is an amateur but intends to remain one-the I.O.C. executive board met in Lausanne, decided to suspend the new pledge, resigned itself to the fact that an amateur is an amateur until he plays...
...slapping correspondents on the back, playfully rumpling their hair. Often as not, when MVD guards try to keep correspondents at a distance, Bulganin or Khrushchev brush the guards aside, booming: "Let the correspondents in. They're our friends." What with cocktails and confusion, B. & K. are sometimes misunderstood and misquoted. For this reason resident correspondents repeatedly urge Khrushchev to hold press conferences instead of parties. But though the "Krush-ers" blames the trouble on "those bureaucrats down the line who never think for themselves," he has done little about...
...Lest the American League be overlooked, Red Sox Slugger Ted Williams walloped his 400th home run in a game with the Kansas City Athletics, then expressed his pleasure by spitting at the assembled writers in the press box. Just in case it was misunderstood, Ted repeated his hit-and-spit performance a few days later. Reaching automatically for their record books, the sportswriters credited Ted with a new major-league record for public expectoration...