Word: wrongfully
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...things went wrong. The American Federation of Labor, which does not believe in direct political action, stayed away. Senator La Follette had repudiated point-blank any support the Convention might give him, declaring that it was in the hands of communist interests. So only about 400 delegates came...
...held that it was fundamentally wrong to tax food and stated that his budget (TiME, May 12) had been introduced with a view to the abolition of all food taxation. If the preference resolutions were passed, said he, "taxation on food would have to be increased, because the Dominions could not supply the demand in the British Isles." He informed the House, however, that he was negotiating with the Dominion Governments' proposals for a permanent economic council "to increase the consumption of Dominion foodstuffs in Britain...
...lack of wisdom, of patriotism, or of desire to serve the people; but courage to stand up against hasty conclusions and currents of superficial public opinion is often absent. The public fancy is sometimes caught by those who are most vociferous and at the same time most radically wrong. There are too many who listen to these voices and try the impossible contortion of keeping both ears to the ground and listening to notes to which their ears should be deaf. What is most needed in legislative halls and elsewhere is courage to withstand the sudden spasms which are created...
...wrong couple forced to occupy a bedroom together...
...would be entirely delightful to be tall enough to see over the fences of football fields and baseball parks, going home to bed after the game would present difficulties of striking proportions. And if Mr. Ringling's giant, feeling about in the dark for the tooth powder, selected the wrong jar, the result would be colossal...