Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...London disarmament talks may prove in the end to be a dumb show, because agreement was never possible, and by one side never intended. But if the Russians are serious or even curious about disarmament, the Western allies gave them their chance last week to talk specifics...
...infielder in the minors, Aaron claims to enjoy playing rightfield for the Braves because "out here I don't have as much to do, especially not as much thinking." Thinking, Aaron likes to imply, is dangerous. But by now everyone knows that Aaron is not as dumb as he looks when he shuffles around the field ("I'm pacing myself"), and some experts think he will ultimately rank among the game's great hitters. Says Manager Birdie Tebbetts of the Cincinnati Redlegs, one of the keenest judges of talent in the game (TIME, July 8): "Aaron could...
...sentence in the June 17 review of The Wayward Bus says "the salesman wins the blonde to wife by promising her a stove that plays Tenderly when the steak is done. And Jayne Mansfield looks dumb enough to believe him." Please tell your Cinema reviewer that I am blonde and a little dumb but I know that the 1957 Hotpoint range plays Tenderly when the roast is done. What's more, my husband has sold quite...
...daughter end up in a barn. But at the catchall conclusion the driver goes back to his wife, the daughter marries a basketball coach, and the salesman wins the blonde to wife by promising her a stove that plays Tenderly when the steak is done. And Jayne Mansfield looks dumb enough to believe...
With so much money to give, a foundation can easily tempt a scholar to distort his work in order to be pleasing ("Of course," says one Midwest political scientist, "professors distort and tailor their project requests. They aren't dumb. If they know the magic words to say to the foundation boys, they're going to say them"). The foundation must also be wary of overselling a university on a project that it really has no business taking on. It must support group-research projects-for teamwork is the trend-but it must be careful not to slight...