Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Said he: "The idea of some people who think it possible to bring about an early elimination of capitalism ... is wrong and unsuitable to the conditions of our country." Land reform, too, must be carried out more gently. It was wrong, said Mao-echoing some of the fine promises made by Communist rulers to the Poles, Czechs and Hungarians-simply to requisition the land of the rich peasants; it was more important to restore agricultural production, try to end famine...
...also quite wrong, says Niebuhr, to oversimplify Communism as the individual's subordination to the state. Theoretically, Communism is committed to the belief that the state will "wither away," once the evil institution of property is abolished. This illusion is the characteristic error of Communism. "Communism is so cruel and so fanatical because it has a completely erroneous conception of human nature. Living by the illusion that the abolition of a social institution will redeem man of all sin, it naturally feels justified in using any means which will attain this...
With another gesture from Lifar, the helicopters hoisted themselves 30 feet into the air. As he paddled frantically from the ground, the giant pinwheels sashayed around each other with all the grace of circus elephants. So far, only one thing had gone wrong. Lifar had planned to have his helicopters dance to The Beautiful Blue Danube and a Berlioz march; somebody had forgotten to switch on the loudspeakers...
Manhattan-born Meyer Kupferman is a hefty six-footer who decided long ago that he could teach himself how to compose. Some of his work sounds as though was not too far wrong: when he was only 15, his impressionistic Woodwind...
...rowing a couple of miles each day. This impression is usually strengthened by a look at the facilities at Red Top, with its rolling lawn, eroquet field, and five shiny white buildings. Consequently, it is indeed unfortunate that this impression is one hundred percent wrong...