Word: dumbness
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Even playing cards or games at home was practically a contact sport. "It was always kind of 'last man standing' stuff," says Sheila, his older sister by five years. "Being the only boy, Billy didn't want to get beaten by his dumb sister, and I certainly didn't want to get beaten by my dorky brother." Being into sports, says Sheila, who played on the tennis team at Yale, taught the young Fords a sense of meritocracy. "It didn't matter who you were," she says. "You either played well or you didn...
...regimens and medications may make possible. Becoming a parent, for example. I read somewhere once that many mothers and fathers suffer a rapid, appreciable drop in IQ after their babies are born. This, if true, is a huge gift from nature. Diapering, feeding and comforting little ones demands dumb endurance, in my experience, not penetrating cleverness. Thinking too clearly while cleaning up diarrhea on two hours' sleep in a house that you've just realized is one room too small and two times too expensive can make you suicidal...
...intricate “trayl of tears” design, which Millstein says was done by someone else, a more talented draftsman. Lowell House students are divided on the issue. “Some people think it’s funny, some people think it’s dumb,” he says. As for the dining hall staff, “I don’t really think they care one way or another.” Meanwhile, another tray artist—a Winthrop mystery resident—has taken out his carving tools, inspired...
...feted” exists, always, without “on.” Ruminating on this cabal, he chides his fellow men for worshiping them so: “Their names are the subject of intense debate and dining hall ranking. Worse, we’re dumb enough to let them know how hot they are.” Airy prose for the cultured: thank...
...black X flashed across his face for a total of 0.14 seconds. It took outraged conservatives only slightly longer to post allegations of media bias, with THE FILTHY ONE dubbing CNN "the al-Jazeera of the West." But skeptics accepted the network's apology for the glitch--"a dumb one," noted blogger MICHELLE MALKIN--after some graphic-savvy sleuthing at THE DAN REPORT. By revealing the underlying production notes that explained away the X, the blog elicited the posting: "So no sinister plots. But I'll bet some control-room jockey is worried about...