Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problems in the first half with keeping possession of the ball," Rice said. "We made a few dumb mistakes. We were determined at half-time to run away with the game...
That chilling explanation helped, but it was many more such conversations before James truly understood, shortly before his death. It wasn't that he was dumb; it was that he was deaf...
Stephanopoulos, the conclusion reportedly was that Stephens could not be removed easily, so the subject was finally dropped. Steiner will testify before Fiske's grand jury this week, and Fiske and his assistants will be able to question him on the basis of Steiner's own detailed notes. "The dumb son of a bitch kept a diary," says a senior Administration official. "A thorough, compulsive diary. Fiske's got it, and God knows what's in it -- as if it isn't enough that we tried to off Stephens." One source close to Fiske says, "It's not the Nixon...
Television: Melrose Place gets hot by playing dumb...
...when you don't. It's better to practice responsible tourism than to make a fool of yourself by pretending not to be a tourist. Ask reasonable questions, and be polite and respectful at all times. People are happy to talk about their homes, but tourists can quickly look dumb--for example, when they ask if the islands are anchored down of if they're floating freely. (A student from the Virgin Islands tells of a time when clouds were obscuring the ocean, so that part of it looked dark and part looked light. "Some tourists," he says, "asked...