Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Democratic convention when Johnson forced him to dress up in a cowboy suit and ride horses with Johnson for all the photographers. Humphrey presents himself as the eternally loyal soldier, even when the association with Johnson proved politically harmful. Of the 1968 election, Humphrey says, "Most people were dead wrong" that Johnson hurt his campaign--that in fact the president had been "an asset...
...drafty pantheon of recent American heroes. Yet even near the end of his life, when others had conferred on him an almost ethereal mantle of rectitude, he scarcely seemed to notice. A classic though entirely atypical Westerner, Douglas seemed intent only on getting the job done, the wrong righted, and the next case summoned before the court...
THERE'S NOTHING unethical about bailing an organization out of debt, especially when it performs a service that people count on. So in a way Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, did nothing wrong--legally or ethically--when he helped obtain $14,000 in loans and used $2000 in College discretionary funds to assure against the bankruptcy of Harvard Delivery News Service (HDNS) last spring. Had conditions provided no other solution, Epps' actions would have merited the respect of those who subscribe to The New York Times and the Boston Globe, even though Harvard has no legal responsibility...
...Teasdale, a former state prosecutor who graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kans., acidly contrasts his country-boy background with that of the wealthy, Princeton-educated Bond. Says Teasdale: "He governed like a millionaire. He was not seen in Missouri except in the country clubs. There's nothing wrong with that-I used to caddy." Teasdale, who is running behind Bond in the latest polls, is outspending his rival by $2 million to $1.6 million...
Brown has a point. The Carter Administration cannot be blamed for a neglect of the U.S. armed forces that goes back more than a decade. But it would be wrong to ignore the generals and admirals who are sounding serious warnings about our defense forces at a time when national policy is going to require that those forces be ready to fight...