Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...necessity of filling at least a half-column daily with an editorial, naturally leads to a certain amount of generalized, unproven criticism. This is to be expected. But the two editorials preaching a new way of life to the Department of Economics go too far, verge on the foolish...
Unchanged are the Old Farmer's astronomical and tide charts, its page of "Poetry, Anecdotes and Pleasantries" (sample pleasantry: "Remember the Foolish Virgins in the Biblical parable and do not be caught with an empty gas tank"). It has articles on how to run a roadside vegetable stand, how to serve baked beans, why old nails and spikes should be saved (for cash), how to make candles, dresses, how to avoid food poisoning. As of old, it records that "Ann Bloomer introduced the bloomer on Jan. 2," that "wolves kill 3 at St. Paul [on Nov. 18], 1891," that...
...faults are obvious. ... I suffer from cacoëthes loquendi, a mania or itch for talking. . . . But there never has been superadded to these vices of mine the withering, embalming vice of consistency. . . . Let me quote Emerson: 'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen...
Steelmen first regarded Steckel's invention as foolish. But Cold Metal Process revolutionized the industry, made possible the production of sheets and strips at 900 to 1.200 feet a minute compared to 140 feet before. C. M. P. prospered, first by rolling sheets for customers, later by building mills, then by licensing. But not everybody who cold-rolled dealt with C. M. P. In February 1934 American Sheet and Tinplate Co. (U. S. Steel subsidiary) was sued for patent infringement, lost in the Supreme Court in October...
...that Dr. Heil's superior, Architect Timothy Ludwig Pflueger, ordered the picture hung again. Said he: "We have been unable to verify reports that the Navy objected." Said the Navy (an aide to Admiral Arthur Hepburn) : "What fools we'd be. We've learned from earlier foolish Navy squawks against other Cadmus paintings. It does us no good and merely gives the artist publicity." Said Paul Cadmus in Manhattan: "I don't think it libels the Navy. Nobody expects or wants the Navy to be made up of Lord Fauntleroys and Galahads. I think the picture...