Word: misleading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...case, complicated by three years of FTC's red tape, became simple in Mason's decision. The Manhattan Brewing Co. had been labeling its beer "Canadian Ace" since 1939, spent $750,000 advertising it. In 1943 FTC decided that "Canadian Ace" tended to mislead the public into believing the beer came from Canada. The company suggested adding a big "Made in U.S.A." to the label, but FTC stuck to its ruling that "Canadian Ace" could not be used. Commissioner Mason took a good layman's look at the offending label, reported: "It is hard to tell exactly...
...Russians went to bat again the morning after-this time for Indonesia. The Ukraine's Dmitry Zakharovich Manuilsky started off mildly enough, charging on the basis of newspaper clippings that Britain was "endangering genuine national aspirations." Quipped Bevin: a newspaper has three functions: to amuse, to entertain, to mislead. The joke was ill-timed, and Vishinsky grimly pounced on it. The Briton had to listen while the totalitarian defended Britain's free press: "The fact that there is a free press in Britain entitles us to place some credence...
...wise and honest can use the system to instruct and lead the people. The shallow and self-interested can use it to confuse and mislead...
That "Heavenly Days" was among the movies banned under the ridiculous Servicemen's Voting Law last summer may mislead some people into seeing it. Hawkshaws may want to try their abilities and look for something politically controversial in it, but most will find it flimsy, stereotyped corn...
...Deal is "afraid of the peace." By now, said Candidate Roosevelt, the Murray-George bill, the statements by OWM Boss Jimmy Byrnes and the War Department should have proved the falseness of this charge. "It seems a pity that reckless words, based on unauthoritative sources, should be used to mislead and weaken morale...