Word: dumbing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ford announced that he has written his own campaign slogan: IF HE'S SO DUMB, HOW COME HE'S PRESIDENT...
...kind of doing things, but they are not really managing." From the comments on her questionnaires, McLaughlin has determined that "there are an awful lot of discouraged women out there." One Wharton alumna wrote, "I work twice as hard as a man just to prove I am not a dumb woman." Anti-female prejudice leaves a mark even on the most successful women. Virtually all harbor memories of slights and obstacles that were?or are?put in their paths...
...mention the dogs, and what dogs they are! If science still needs proof that "dumb" animals are able to communicate with one another, let science come to Harvard Yard. For what other explanation can there be for the scroungy but lovable legion of mutts, thoroughbreds and scarcely recognizable quadrupeds that populate the sacred grove? Word of mouth (or muzzle) is the only possible answer. The canine message seems to have reached every indigent hound in New England: "If you're looking for friends, shelter and stimulating company, Harvard's the place." And, except for their rather cavalier attitude toward...
...good chance that the bill's supporters will insist that some of the repressive measures of S.1 find their way into whatever crime bill the Congress eventually, approves. Art Buchwald may have been right. When asked whether Congress will vote for S.1, he replied, "Why not? If they were dumb enough to propose it, they're dumb enough to pass...
...scatterbrained, starry-eyed blonde comes to Washington with her sugar daddy and dimly perceives that the place is a fen of corruption. She may be dumb in the wiles of this world, but she is not a crook. Ultimately, her innate goodness and the love of an idealistic young man allow her to kick the dust of all those capital shenanigans from her heels. Judy Holliday could have played this part perfectly. In fact, in Born Yesterday...