Word: misunderstood
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Obviously sensitive on the point, and anxious to squelch the talk of Soviet vulnerability. Tass last week produced new evidence it said came from Powers himself. "Apparently my father misunderstood my answers when I was on trial," Tass quoted Powers as writing in a letter to the New York Times. "I am sure my plane did not blow up by itself. All the indicators that register the performance of the engine were in good order until the very moment of the explosion which I felt and heard . . . I was at the maximum height when the explosion occurred...
...turned out that Pat Nixon, who also dresses well, does buy clothes sometimes at high-priced Elizabeth Arden's, but didn't want to be misunderstood about it. Count Ferdinando Sarmi ($500 to over $1,000), who designed Pat's inaugural gown while he was with Elizabeth Arden, explained that "Miss Arden is very Republican," and that she had sold at least one gown to Pat for cost.* Tracked down at Atlantic City, Pat Nixon, who was wearing a turquoise wool jersey dress (Lord & Taylor, "about $49"), replied coolly to questions from newsmen: "I have no comment...
...Home! Home! Home!" cried the third Lord Home, trying to rally his Scots against the English soldiery by shouting the family name at Flodden Field in 1513. In the heat of battle, the clansmen misunderstood and-so the story goes-took off for home. Ever since, lest another such disaster befall, the family has pronounced the name "Hume...
...Orange and the Duke of York's daughter, Charles II of England proceeded to the newlyweds' suite, threw back the curtains of their bed and roared patriotic encouragement: "Now nephew. Hey! St. George for England." This is the sort of behavior that caused Charles to be misunderstood by many of his contemporaries and a sizable share of his biographers. His mistresses, whom he kept in oriental profusion, thought that they governed him, and Parliament agreed. Political adversaries and friends alike thought him a libertine, which he was, and a fool, which he was not. His sober adviser, Lord...
Despite such million-dollar labors, Lapidus says sadly: "Averagewise, I make only $30.000 a year." Impervious to critical barbs, he says, in the familiar tones of the misunderstood: "I'm not designing for architects; I'm designing for the people...