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Word: wrongfully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TIME saw the wrong light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 26, 1957 | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

...against Communism. All the confusions of U.S. policy popped up as fighting went on. Washington's fear of touching off a "big war" enfeebled U.S. planning to the point where General Omar Bradley, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, crossed off an-expanded offensive as "the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Zigzag U.S. policy was further shaken by paying too much attention to allies, e.g., Britain and France, who had no basic strategic interest in Korea, opposed taking any risks, however minor, which might extend the war to Europe. Unprepared for limited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COLD WAR & THE SMALL WAR A New Study of U.S. Doctrine | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

...drive must continue until every "rightist" weed has been rooted out. Last week Peng Chen, the mayor of Peking and a protege of Liu Shao-chi's, stated the anti-Mao case with singular vehemence. "The struggle against rightists," said Peng, "is a major question of right or wrong, good or evil. It is a question of which wins, socialism or capitalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED CHINA: Quarrel in Peking | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

...white actress was a bannered smirk in Confidential last year discovered that the story developed from snapshots of the couple that were filched by an acquaintance. The private files of detectives have been rifled for stories such as Confidential's account of Joe DiMaggio's famed "wrong-door" raid on Marilyn Monroe. Newspaper and magazine morgues also have been raided by scandalmag agents. To backstop his bedroom exclusives. Harrison retained a squad of private eyes with such electronic sleuths as a fast, small, noiseless camera, wrist-attached microphones that can pick up a sigh at 60 paces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Putting the Papers to Bed | 8/26/1957 | See Source »

...Middleman. In Copenhagen, Ole Jensen, arrested for counterfeiting Danish employee holiday stamps-so expertly that he was able to turn them in at post office windows, a book at a time, and collect $64 in refunds-conceded that he knew it was illegal but did not think it really wrong since the post office could reissue the books and recover its money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 19, 1957 | 8/19/1957 | See Source »

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