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Word: foolish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME, Nov. 22). Said Representative Garner on emerging from the Treasury Building: "Well, I tried to convince the Secretary how impossible his position was, and he told me how foolish I was. Neither was convinced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Arrivals | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

Whitney Hall--Intercollegiate dance--9 to 2 o'clock. All the debutantes too wise or too foolish to brave the Copley-Plaza...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT'S GOING ON IN BOSTON TONIGHT | 11/5/1926 | See Source »

...your minds work to think these are "good books." Just out of curiosity I think I'll try a couple of others, shutting my eyes to choose. I predict not one in three is any good, but it so happens I now have time to waste in foolish experiments like this. . . . NATHAN PEEBLES Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 1, 1926 | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

Penny-Wise, Child-Foolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

...bought a copy of your magazine today in St. Louis and what you say about Indians (TIME, Sept. 27, p. 6) strikes me as foolish. You even quote Burke* as saying "Indians are assets." Of course Indians are assets-to him! Where would his job be without Indians? You might just as well have quoted a wop peanut roaster saying "Peanuts are assets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1926 | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

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