Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shaped ex-Teamster Tycoon Dave Beck, 64, at the $163,000 lair in Seattle built for him by his onetime subjects, Television and New York Post Quizician Mike Wallace found Big Dave waiting out an appeal of his Dec. 14 conviction for larceny. Beck was perplexed about his fat, foolish youngster Dave Jr., 38, convicted of filching $4,650 from a Teamster till. "I think I made some mistakes with young Dave," said Big Dave. "But on the other hand, Dave Beck Jr. has never given me one moment of trouble. Dave Beck Jr. never drank in his life...
...Pink Jungle" [June 16]. How could you do it! American men should know better, but any non-American reading that article would really be convinced that all American women are naught but a flock of foolish painted sheep. Also, unlike a decent, useful flock of sheep who always know their shepherd, we can't even be sure who is the crazy shepherd of the painted flock...
...belongs in the White House. A sensible man, Joe has his doubts, but he throws his hat in. the ring -and $100,000 with it. The professional politicians gratefully scoop-up the $100,000, but blandly hand Joe his hat and show him the door. Joe feels pretty foolish, but he feels worse than that when he comes to understand the crimes he has committed in the name of power. He has broken up his daughter's love match with a trumpet player, and let his wife put the girl (Diane Varsi) through what looks suspiciously like an abortion...
Stanley J. Hoffman, Henry LaBarre Jayne Assistant Professor of Government, who will give a Government course on Modern France next year, commented that it is "foolish to speculate" about DeGaulle's prospects before the general's news conference scheduled for today...
...those who try to organize a "new" religion of Brotherhood but fools rushing in where even the bravest angels fear to tread? At least we have received much encouragement from many who could scarcely be called foolish. Some comments on my Toward World Brotherhood which suggested and explained the Brotherhood Movement...