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Word: dumbness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Meyer has not been treated as extensively by critics as say, Godard or Hitchcock have, but recently Vincent Canby decided to spend a few inches on him. Now I'm still so dumb about the cinema that I don't know whether I should say "movie" or "film" or "picture." but I know when I've caught Canby with his foot in his mouth. Meyer would be all right, Canby said, if only he could get his mind off sex. Hah. What makes Meyer so great is that he can think of nothing else...

Author: By Jim Fallows, | Title: Animals The Vixen | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...CHICAGO. Oct. 8-"There's nothing a defense lawyer likes better than a dumb cop." a reporter whispered this afternoon after the prosecution called its key witness in the "Chicago S" conspiracy trial to the stand...

Author: By (special TO The crimson), | Title: Demonstrators Rampage Through Chicago | 10/9/1969 | See Source »

...film, we see Woody Guthrie during his last year. He lies in bed-still, dumb. Arlo comes to talk to him from time to time, even though his father cannot react. All Arlo (and the audience) can do is wonder what goes through Woody's mind...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Moviegoer Alice's Restaurant at the Cheri Two | 10/8/1969 | See Source »

...ADDED irony, of course, is that being dumb does not preclude being on the Dean's List. (Not that anyone has ever actually seen the Dean's List. When we do see deans making lists, they are usually putting down the names of people who are occupying their offices.) As a freshman, you soon learn that the level of academic competence demanded by Harvard is ridiculously low. Most of your work is graded by graduate students, who (rightly so) have little confidence in their ability to perceive intelligence. All you have to do is look as if you're trying...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Year of the Freshman: an annual social event thrown for 1200 selected students, with lifelong repercussions | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

...dinner at one of the junior colleges that blight Commonwealth Ave. As his date led him into a large, tastefully decorated dining room, she asked. "Don't you think this is lovely?" "Yes, very nice," he answered. "Yes," she agreed, then added wistfully, "too bad we're too dumb here to appreciate...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Year of the Freshman: an annual social event thrown for 1200 selected students, with lifelong repercussions | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

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