Word: fooled
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...people really do join the National Guard out of patriotism. But the idea that a desire to serve one's country motivated anyone to sign up for press-release duty in Indiana while others were fighting and dying in Viet Nam is a conceit that won't fool anyone over the age of about...
...granted. A.N. Wilson spells it out in his descriptions of that vast, isolated kingdom of the 19th century in which the roles of writer and prophet were frequently indistinguishable. Martine de Courcel strikes a deeper Slavic chord when she says that Tolstoy's aim was to become a Fool of God. Count Leo was, of course, no fool, although many of his truths never got off the ground. His moralizing often seems as windy and endless as the steppes. Had he expounded his ideas about the utility of art earlier in his life, he might never have written his masterpieces...
...simulators, whether designed for work or for play, rely on a bag of electronic magic tricks to fool body and mind into believing they are somewhere they are not. At the heart of the illusion are two basic technologies, one sensed through the eyes, the other felt in the belly...
James Sherwin, vice chairman of GAF, is a chess master who delights in plotting diversions to fool his opponents. Now Sherwin, 54, stands accused of < using such tactics to dupe investors. Last week a federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted Sherwin and GAF, a New Jersey-based chemical and building- products manufacturer, on criminal fraud and conspiracy charges for allegedly manipulating the price of Union Carbide stock. GAF and Sherwin are the latest target of investigations growing out of the Ivan Boesky insider- trading probe...
...Harvard. "When I came here, I had no idea that I'd be pursuing singing," Anderson says. "I thought that that would be the end of it all. But Harvard's given me such confidence in myself. And my friends said, `If you don't, Fiona, you're a fool.' So I just decided...