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...point of interest, Philistines is also noteworthy because it contains "Cruel Circus," the second dumbest pro-vegetarian song even on wax--the first is "Meat is Murder" by the Smiths. That song like most is a reflection of the colourfield's attitude problem, a problem easily fixed by introducing Hall to Husker Du's lead guitarist and singer Bob Mould on one of Mould's bad nights. That would be a lesson in commitment...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Snap, Crackle...Rock | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...Neill, sardonically referring to the kitchen device once hawked on late-night TV ("It slices! It dices! It really, really works!"). On the floor, some prominent legislators were scornful. Gramm-Rudman, huffed Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, "is just about the dumbest piece of legislation I have seen in my 15 years on Capitol Hill." O'Neill himself warned, "Wait until you get to 1987 and have to cut $55 billion. Wait until you hear the American people." Certainly, the cries of lobbyists will be heard loudly on the Hill as interest groups scramble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look, Ma! No Hands! | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...then, of course, there is the all-time dumbest animal nickname: the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University. They used to be called the Horned Toads, but the TCU Administration decided to add a little bit of class and upped the stakes to "Frogs." They forgot to change the school colors, however, and these would-be killer amphibians still suit up in purple, which--and I'm guessing here--isn't really the color of most horned frogs or even horned toads, at least in these here parts...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: The Name Game | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

...people still "give good phone" here, still "take a meeting." On San Vicente Boulevard there is a shop called A Definite Maybe Boutique. That is studio talk. A producer and scriptwriter who has had some success calls it "the coldest town in the country, run by some of the dumbest rich men in the world." He stays, he says, "for the money, obviously." Screenwriters have always bitched; this cliché is true. And yet there are certain circles in which it seems that everyone is writing a screenplay. One Eastern writer who is accustomed to working for "nickels and dimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: In Search of the Angels | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

Complaints range from contaminated experiments to high noise levels. They flooded our lab and a lab down the hall," said Miriam L. Greenberg, a postdoctoral fellow who has worked at the labs for three years. "It's the dumbest thing they ever wanted...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Experiments Ruined by Renovations | 11/18/1983 | See Source »

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