Word: misunderstandings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fighting this trend and pushing for more funding for basic research. But many scientists doubt that this new generosity will be enough. Chemist Philip Abelson, editor of Science, notes that Nobel prizes are usually awarded long after the work they honor has been performed. "Don't misunderstand," he says. "The U.S. has hardly fallen out of the tree. But stick around ten years to see the results of our current domestic attitudes." Thus the 1979 Nobels are really the harvest of seeds planted many years earlier. The question is whether the U.S. can repeat those triumphs in the future...
...country described by Diederich as "big, beautiful and as complicated as any on earth." The story also examines the issues raised by last week's visit of Mexican President José López Portillo to Washington. Says White: "We can no longer afford to patronize, misunderstand and ignore a country that contributes the fastest-growing minority segment to our population, and one that could have the resources to bring us comfortably through the energy crisis...
...generation of Soviet leaders will be more inclined to use the awesome power they have accumulated," he says. "We entice the Soviets to take action. They misunderstand our positions. The United States is not giving the signals of determination it should any place in the world...
About the Japanese economic growth [June 26], I am sure that most Americans misunderstand the situation. Yes, I agree that the Japanese economy is an export-led one, but every American must also know that the U.S. is a consumer's economy. So if the American people do not reduce their consumption, I will not be surprised when the exchange rate between the two countries is 1 yen to 200 U.S. dollars. How about that...
...acronym F.I.S.T. stands for the Federation of Interstate Truckers, a fictional labor union that only a newly arrived Martian could misunderstand as inspired by anything but the Teamsters. The movie "F.I.S.T." stands for nearly 2½ hours of almost unmitigated boredom-a misfired would-be proletarian epic with Sylvester Stallone misplaying the Jimmy Hoffa part with a self-confidence that borders on the sublime...