Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stanford 0 Texas Aggies 14 South'n M'th'dist 10 Illinois 7 Wisconsin 0 Pennsylvania 20 Penn State 0 North Carolina 26 Davidson 7 Notre Dame 14 Iowa 13 Kontucky 14 Georgla Tech 7 Missouri 19 N.Y.U. 7 Navy 6 Columbia 0 Total Averages Games 72 Right 50 Wrong 17 Ties 5 Percentage...
Then there was this affair about changing some U. S. ships to Panama registry so they could sail into war zones. Vag had just about made up his mind that this was hedging, and exactly the wrong thing to do to stay out of war. After all, Mr. Hull thought so too. But again, the President quickly made the statement that the matter had no bearing on our neutrality. What to believe...
...same token of international law which forbids bombing women, children and oldsters, Russia said it was wrong to deprive them of food, fuel, clothing. Russia therefore "declares that it does not agree" to the British contraband list and rules, does not recognize the control port inspection and seizure system, especially since Russian ships and cargoes are State property. "On the strength of the above," Russia reserved the right to claim compensation from Britain for losses incurred. No trace of alarm was shown in London over what one eminent legalist called Russia's "fantastic" position...
Worst thing wrong with the pictures is that no plane on a carrier would be headed, as Artist Matejko's are, toward the ship's stern, either before take-off or after landing. They invariably land at the stern and take off at the bow in the same direction as the carrier is traveling, thus utilizing the carrier's ground speed to achieve their landing or take-off air speeds...
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Antarctic explorer, seems to thrive on trouble, and if he got off on an expedition without something going wrong he might regard it as an ill omen. This month the Admiral starts his third trip to the Antarctic, partly backed by U. S. Treasury funds, to clinch the claims of the U. S. to some 450,000 ice-covered square miles. Last week enough mishaps befell his huge new "snow cruiser" to convince him that everything was going to be all right...