Word: misunderstanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many people misunderstand action. They think that a more timid action shows a more relative position. It may show an uncertain state of mind. It does not show a firmly committed mind that realizes that the war is, in some absurd simplification, only 60 per cent wrong. If you believe that the war is wrong, it becomes totally wrong when you decide to act. You cannot march with one foot in a YAF parade and the other in an SDS demonstration. Therefore, once the decision to fight is made. it is made absolutely. If that decision is not made...
...phone number of Speck's mother, called and identified himself as Speck's attorney. Speck's sister began talking, and Romy got his story. He once observed: "They said I constantly posed for somebody else. It's not my fault if they misunderstand." As Harry tells it, his time was actually up years ago, when a tantalizing story broke and he was stopped from switching headlines. "What do you mean, there's a war in Yemen?" he roared. "They just stole $25,000 worth of jewels from Ann Sheridan...
White Americans not only misunderstand these cultural traits but are frequently annoyed by them-the volume of Negro voices, for example, which are often loud and boisterous because blacks are frequently less inhibited in public than whites. If a Negro youngster responds to a white teacher's scolding with a "Tsk, tsk," she will probably assume that the child is perhaps a little bit contrite. The black teacher, on the other hand, is more likely to recognize tongue clicking-possibly another African habit-as a sign of a youngster's deep resentment...
...spirit, and this is hard for me to do. One of the coaches said to me last week, 'Richie, why don't you should? The kids will think you don't want to play ball.' So I am trying to learn, but meanwhile I hope my teammates don't misunderstand my actions...
...misunderstand--there is nothing really hateful about Sadler. His story has its own appeal. A no-good kid from a broken home who likes to sing joins the Air Force, gets shipped to Japan and wins a black belt for judo, then becomes an Army paratrooper, and finally winds up in Special Forces school where he writes down a song that has been on his mind for years. He copyrights it and sends it to a publisher, where it languishes for months while Sadler plays medic and sings some more in Vietnam. An ABC film crew happens by the camp...