Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...this month's Reagan cover story yielded a parody of an all-purpose campaign-trail press conference: "Q. Senator, what do you think of the new poll that shows you an overwhelming victor in North Dakota? A. I wish I could believe it, but it's wrong. I'm going to get crushed in that state. Q. If it's that hopeless, why are you flying back there after lunch? A. Well, we do have this afternoon to turn it around." Will Church again turn to humor after this week's story? No, he says...
Your article "Handicaps in the Hiring" [March 3] demonstrated many of the problems that are encountered during the interviewing process. However, the author was wrong in assuming that "about the only totally safe question to ask a potential employee is 'Would you like a cup of coffee?' " You see, in the Mormon-dominated state of Utah, where drinking coffee is a sin, the positive response by an interviewee to such a question would most probably preclude employment...
...Bush charged John Anderson with wanting to cut Social Security payments, and Anderson interrupted, "That's not true." Illinois Congressman Philip Crane demanded to know whether Anderson would support the eventual G.O.P. winner, and Anderson retorted that he expected to be the winner. "You're in the wrong party," sniped Crane. "I didn't know we had a loyalty test," said Anderson...
What had gone wrong? The answer appeared to be that government officials had violated an informal understanding with the Ayatullah. In late February, Khomeini ruled that the new National Assembly, which is being elected this month and will convene some time in April, would have the final say on the hostages' future. Meanwhile, Banisadr and the Revolutionary Council would be in charge. Khomeini, who is recovering from a heart attack he suffered two months ago, would remain silent; the government, however, had his backing so long as it did everything on its own authority and did not involve...
...know of the existence of Black Tables and have heard the question "Why do they stick to themselves? What's wrong with them?" But what about the real segregation that exists at Harvard? What about the Wintrhop House White Table or the Lowell House Rich Table, or the Eliot House anti-Semitic Table, to name just a few? What's wrong with them? The Crimson is absolutely correct in expressing a hope that we carry on anti-racist campaigns to other campus institutions. But we, the White students at Harvard-Radcliffe, must do some individual soul-searching. We all know...