Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Straton, in making this statement was wrong, as all who heard him at the Union will agree. He did say what the newspapers quoted him as saying, or at least said words that implied that thought. Whether the laughter in the audience caused by this statement was a sign of approbation and approval, or of admiration for the man who would dare to say, such a thing in such a place, is hard to determine, but that he said it and that it raised considerable furore at the time is certain...
...shooting a "threeday" opinion in the face of such unanimity is apparent. One Francis Burton Harrison essayed to ignore the opinions of all Americans resident in the Philippines, as well as the written instructions of the Secretary of War, and he found that he had been looking down the wrong end of the telescope. Not only did his political ideas collapse in ruins but such personal standing as he had as well. And the Filipinos called Harrison the "democratic" Governor and the "autocratic...
...convicts turned their attention to Guard Charles Gorhanson, who was trying to drag out the dying Singleton. Pricking his back with their knives, they made Gorhanson buzz to the switchboard guard the signal for opening the cellhouse. Guard Gorhanson buzzed long and angrily. The switchboard man guessed something was wrong and slammed the door shut...
...retail value of automobiles, trucks and parts produced is estimated at $6,000,000,000." Only 40% was paid in cash, the balance by monthly installments. General Motors, Mr. Raskob's firm, believed that the installment system was good. However, said he: "If we were wrong we wanted to know it. If we were on fundamentally solid economic ground we wanted to know that also. All agreed that no opinion would tend to give a greater sense of security than that of Professor Seligman...
...TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN-Why girls go wrong and what may happen to them in a court...