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Word: misprinted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compromisers got nowhere as I was sure they wouldn't, and they never had any consideration for me." This sounded like a slap at Speaker Sam Rayburn, who tried to put over the compromise. Press Secretary Charles Ross hastily explained that there had been a double misprint. The letter should have read: "The compromises got nowhere . . . and they never had any consideration from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Rude Noise | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...guests were reported in the Daily Transcript. The Yale library had a file-but the Feb. 19 issue was missing. In the New York Historical Society, Professor Anderson found the missing issue, which listed a J. Kendall among the Astor House guests. He thought J. Kendall might be a misprint for A. Kendall. Then he found that on one day when the "Public Man" reported himself in Washington, Amos Kendall had been in New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Professor as Sleuth | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...Smith & Clark, and joined the Navy in World War II, where he rose to captain and procurement director of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. His citation for the Legion of Merit says that he saved the Government "billions." Says Smith: "I honestly think it's a misprint." He now commutes to Philadelphia from his 60-acre farm, likes to ride horseback and sail his 45-ft. yawl Cherry Blossom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: New Club Member | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...present a difficult and controversial subject . . . with a sort of Olympian understanding and detachment, and perhaps a sublime tolerance . . . But . . . isn't there a misprint under the picture [by Artzybasheff] ? Shouldn't it be "We Are Getting to the Bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 15, 1948 | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...Deprive" would be possible, proceeding on this hypothesis: conform to, liken to, prior to, oblivious to, but deprive of ... The reason for selecting "adjacent" completely eludes me. A misprint, a bad question, or are we "oblivious" to something quite obvious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1948 | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

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