Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stevenson said that it "would be foolish to try to predict how & when the peaceful purpose of our power will succeed in creating a just and durable peace." Apparently, such a result is not to be expected soon: "The contest with tyranny is not a hundred-yard dash-it is a test of endurance...
...recalling that Spain had entered 18 teams to France's 13, the elderly, greying president of the French pelota federation said bitterly: "Those damned live balls . . . Had I known about the scoring system, I would have entered myself in some of those silly games. I would have looked foolish, but France would have carried off the championship...
...firm, glowing gentleman, who smiles benevolently at little children in one picture, and in another seems ready to fight corruption and evil with every fiber of his being. Contrariwise, I am delighted to see the snapshot of Stevenson, absurdly sipping a malted milk, eyes popping, hat set at a foolish angle, and generally reminding one of some of the early movie comedians. This is all good clean fun. In the spirit of the thing, may I suggest shots of Stevenson . . . putting on his long underwear, taking out his false teeth, spilling jelly...
...would be foolish to take comfort from this fact: Russia devotes about three times as much of its total production as the U.S. to heavy (i.e., war-supporting) industry, and can convert from peace to total war production far more quickly and ruthlessly than the U.S. can. Comments the Economist: "It looks as if the Russians are planning not for peace or for war, but for what the West calls cold war . . . From the point of view of the Soviet rulers, the cold war is probably the ideal planning situation, for just sufficient tension can be maintained to justify...
Movie theater owners immediately set up a howl of protest, but Hollywood, though usually thrown into a tizzy by any governmental move, remained surprisingly calm. Viewing the Justice Department action as more foolish than threatening, moviemen pointed out that the case might drag on through the courts for as long as ten years-long enough for Hollywood and TV to come to an understanding of their own. And, even if the Government should win, moviemen felt that their position was impregnable. Said an M-G-M spokesman: "Suppose the Government ordered you to sell Mutiny on the Bounty...