Word: dumbness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...company had brought out new Coke as part of a deliberate, Machiavellian plot to create support for the older product. Said he: "Some critics will say Coca-Cola has made a marketing mistake. Some cynics say that we planned the whole thing. The truth is, we're not that dumb, and we're not that smart...
...wings. His solution: the latter-day pterosaur will have an onboard computerized autopilot that will effect similar corrections in the attitude of its mechanical wings. That will take some doing. Explains MacCready: "Nature's creatures are very good at active control. Artificial creatures are very bad. For example, any dumb person can walk across a rough field, but to make a robot who can walk across that same field is really difficult...
...King does little or no research for guests and works without notes. "The best interviewers," he insists, "are those who know least about a subject. I hate to ask questions I know the answers to. And I've never been afraid to ask what might be a dumb question." This deceptively simple formula is the basis of King's great achievement as an interviewer: he approaches his job as an informed layman, intensely curious about virtually anyone who appears across his desk. He is obviously well read, a passionate sports buff and a sophisticated student of politics...
...were definitely sloppy between the lines,” McBride said. “We got a lot of dumb penalties and lost a lot of momentum...
...just our dumb mistakes that were sort of the deciding factor in the match,” said junior middle hitter John Freese. “If we just shore up our game, we can beat these guys...