Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That confusion over radio compass bearings sent to the wrecked ships was probably the cause of the wreck. Captain Cousins testified that, although in foggy weather he took radio compass directions, he did not rely on them. "They are wrong," he declared, "as often as they are right." The first officer of the steamer Arizonan also telegraphed to San Diego that he had had two sets of radio bearings given to his ship about two weeks before the wreck which if not disregarded would have put his ship ashore within a few miles of the scene of the disaster under...
...announcement that 46 automobiles have been tagged within the last two days for infringement of the parking laws is rather a startling one. For, altho parking in the wrong place is hardly a sin, it will hereafter cost the owner of the car the sum of ten dollars. Except for the leniency of Captain Brennan there would be 460 less dollars in the pockets of various student owners already...
...organism. If fleas are relatively abundant on rats at all seasons of the year in this region, the absence of plague must be wholly accidental. But if there are few or no fleas during the cold months, theories regarding the carriers of plague would seem to be on the wrong track, and some other explanation must be found...
...bicycle craze. Princess dresses ? monkey-dinners at Newport ? What's Wrong With Our Colleges? (that hardy perennial)?McKinley? the Bland-Allison Act?Battles and Leaders of the Civil War?Cartoons of Nicholas II and Wilhelm II? Joseph Chamberlain?Franz Josef? how odd they look...
...picture serves to bring back to the screen Alice Joyce, after a two years' absence. For those to whom Alice Joyce can do no wrong her reappearance will be a signal for the burning of incense. To the rest she is just another good movie actress...