Word: distorted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much distressed by the Crimson's report of the talk I gave at Thursday's RGA meeting (Friday, Dec. 11); and I think the matter important enough to warrant correction. For one thing, I was quoted out of context, in such a way as to distort my opinion out of recognition. I did remark that the action of the Berkeley Administration had been characterized by ineptitude and stupidity, but I referred, not to their position on the issues, but rather to their tactical handling of the dispute...
...likes being both housewife and career woman. When asking members of the Radcliffe Institute to dinner, for instance, Cliffies frequently include the woman's whole family. And many dormitories have replaced the traditional "housemother" with a young couple and their family. Despite such programs, a number of Radcliffe students distort the question of combining career and home...
...Distort Question...
...quickly, but another radio effect lingers on. As the mushroom cloud climbs into the stratosphere, its radioactivity releases a vast number of electrons that ionize a mass of air and turn it into a radio wave reflector. This air mass shows up on long-distance radars, and it may distort radio waves coming from beyond it. A combination of all these long-distance methods of measurement can pinpoint the explosion accurately and give a good idea of its strength...
Professor Pettigrew has made some recent remarks which illustrate another circumstance that might distort the predictions. In denying that a "white backlash" had sprung up recently, Pettigrew pointed out that an abnormally large number of voters had turned out in Northern primaries where Governor Wallace was a candidate. Wallace's support, he suggested, had not come from a sudden change of heart on the part of people who voted regularly, but as a result of what he called the "out from under the rocks effect"--people who had always disliked Negroes now had a chance to express their dislike with...