Word: fooled
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...done well or badly. In Seattle they were talking about Brigadier General Carlyle Wash, boss of the Second Interceptor Command, who ordered the blackouts, ordered radio stations off the air. When listeners complained, General Wash snorted: "To hell with entertaining people. We're trying to save their fool lives." They talked about one blackout crime: a man posed as an air-raid warden, raped a Chinese girl. They talked about the storm that swept the coast-one of the worst in years-of which no mention appeared in the papers until long after it had passed...
...necking and studying would be of any use if someone were telling you exactly what you had to do. Maybe it was that you had to be utilitarian. In war you have to consider what would bring the greatest good to the greatest number of your people. "You damn fool," he said, and he gave the stick a push. "You silly ass," and the hull far below came into view just over the cowling...
...crying out: "A man could kill a bull elephant with one of these," the Governor interrupted and took over the defense himself. Of the floggers he said, "Some of them thought they were doing the right thing. I have seen some pretty good people get misguided and cut the fool." At the conclusion of the hearing he remarked, "These men have been away from their families long enough...
...play, which was designed to fool the Bruin defense, starting out as a regular end run around the left flank...
...days later we were asked to the races. I told a friend I would not make a fool of myself again. So I wore a short coat and a straw hat. Everyone else had a tall hat and a tail coat. I retired then from the diplomatic scene...