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...turned out to be his most important won him the least attention. Not long before he announced his Senate candidacy, he agreed to speak at a downtown rally against the U.S. invasion of Iraq. "I don't oppose all wars," he said, "what I'm opposed to is a dumb war." Obama wasn't even mentioned in a Chicago Tribune story the next day. But his prophetic words would power his campaign for the nomination four years later...
...simplify, it’s due to space constraints,” Pinker said. “Simply put, I do not dumb down the ideas...
...about the corporate world and humor that may be found in it.” There are songs, such as “The Company Way,” that are applicable to future cubicle residents, as well as laughs at amusing corporate stereotypes, including the dumb blonde secretary who sleeps her way through the company and the boss who is overly fond of his alma mater, “Old Ivy.” “It’s going to be extremely ridiculous, fun and goofy, and a great way for people to end their semester...
...have surged ever since their struggles against Cornell in their first Ivy League match, combined to lose a total of four games.“For me, it’s just a matter of confidence,” Chijoff-Evans said. “There have been no dumb shots. Nothing has been incredible, but every shot has been solid.”Chijoff-Evans won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 and Omodele-Lucien won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6.At No. 3, Nguyen was energized by his lackluster performance on Friday, winning...
...Then there's Canada. Sylvie, the Singaporean daughter of an immigrant family, adores her new Canadian school uniform because it is "of higher quality ... nothing like the scratchy, polyester-mix affairs" of Singapore, which "dumb you down." Meanwhile her grandfather, a literary man, apparently thinks of Sylvie's Caucasian classmates as "big, strong, beefy ... like female Goliaths." In a crowd of them, we are told, an Asian student stands out like a "gazelle among elephants." But do Asian intellectuals really see Caucasian children this way? Such stereotyping may have occurred decades ago (although there is plenty of evidence to show...