Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...things went wrong. The American Federation of Labor, which does not believe in direct political action, stayed away. Senator La Follette had repudiated point-blank any support the Convention might give him, declaring that it was in the hands of communist interests. So only about 400 delegates came...
...lack of wisdom, of patriotism, or of desire to serve the people; but courage to stand up against hasty conclusions and currents of superficial public opinion is often absent. The public fancy is sometimes caught by those who are most vociferous and at the same time most radically wrong. There are too many who listen to these voices and try the impossible contortion of keeping both ears to the ground and listening to notes to which their ears should be deaf. What is most needed in legislative halls and elsewhere is courage to withstand the sudden spasms which are created...
Flossie. This musical comedy belongs rightfully in the foregoing category. It unconsciously burlesques most of the musical plays you've seen. It has a synthetic plot, with the familiar situation of the wrong couple forced to occupy a bedroom together by an interfering relative, while silliness is unconfined. Its song cues can be spotted several minutes in advance. The dirt is dished at every opportunity. Perhaps it is meant as a satire on the typical French farce, for its creator, Armand Robi, was nurtured by the Folies Bergeres. Its chief asset is a talented chorus that cuts up tirelessly...
...wrong couple forced to occupy a bedroom together...
...would be entirely delightful to be tall enough to see over the fences of football fields and baseball parks, going home to bed after the game would present difficulties of striking proportions. And if Mr. Ringling's giant, feeling about in the dark for the tooth powder, selected the wrong jar, the result would be colossal...