Word: errors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...college graduate was one from a woman reader (unmarried) in Georgia: "Having read with interest your column on They Went to College and your promise to discuss findings on the woman graduate later, I am writing in the hope of heading you off from an unremarked error in the folklore concerning woman and marriage...
Journalist Treiber had made a dreadful mistake: Pankow is in the Russian sector of Berlin, not as he had thought in one of the Western sectors. When Freies Volk discovered Treiber's error, it quickly printed an abject retraction: "Rudi Treiber has been unmasked [and fired] ... as a liar and an agent provocateur." Said ex-Comrade Treiber lamely: "I just didn't know where Pankow...
...your report of last night's meeting on the Struik case there is an error which, though apparently trivial, actually completely destroys the meaning of my remarks. You state (as did Mr. Donlon) that Struik was indicted for conspiring to overthrow the government by force. Actually (as I pointed out by reading the indictment) the charge is conspiring to advocate overthrowing the government. From the point of view of freedom of speech the distinction is absolutely essential. The Civil Liberties Union does not recognize any right to overthrow the government by force, or to conspire to do so. It does...
When Gastall walked. Ward went out and Arnold came in. A sacrifice moved the runners along, a wild pitch scored Agganis, and an error by Walsh on a throw to the plate by Russ Johnson made...
Please correct the error made in your Laughton article where you state: ". . . Chautauqua in 1925 quickly and quietly faded away." In my opinion, this worthwhile institution is very much alive today at Chautauqua. Its religious and cultural programs are without parallel. During the season the Chautauqua Symphony programs are broadcast to a nationwide audience. The summer opera maintains highest musical standards. New York University offers extension work there to a host of educators from all parts of the country...