Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unshakeable moral code. He kept a careful record of the names of doctors under whose "care," he thought, too many young women died; the resulting lists became a standing terror to British abortionists. To murderers, he became a more fearsome feature of the courtroom than the grimmest of judges. Foolish defense attorneys cross-examined him in the hope of breaking down his air of absolute rectitude and exactitude, but wiser ones let him have his say, and thanked God when he was done. Judges fell over themselves to praise him as "the perfect witness...
destroyed by an atomic blast in the next few years. For those in this state of mind, it will seem foolish to talk about the need for new capital funds. But continuing to assume that there will be no global war, I conclude this annual report by urging again the significance of endowment...
...have insulted your readers. Who among you was the Mad Hatter who was responsible for this tricky treachery! Or has the choosing of the Man of the Year become a frivolous, foolish, fantastic game indulged in by your irresponsibles...
...fire Nahas again. Nahas' administration is corrupt and indolent, diverts attention from its own shortcomings by inflaming the mob against the British. Farouk does not love the British either,* but he realizes that Egypt's security lies with the West. He is openly appalled by the foolish Wafdist flirtation with the Russians, and aware that the daily diet of riots has weakened all authority in Egypt...
...sort Balzac rolled off his nib, but the full-length portrait of a weak, well-meaning man of the world, truckling where he has to, lording it where he can, glad to do a kindness if you'll wait till after supper, parish-wise and heaven-foolish all day long. The wicked nun is not simply wicked, but a believable wretch who got that way partly through her own vanity, partly because she was hideously tricked by her father into a life she had no call for. Manzoni's novel has sizable literary faults, e.g., the narrative...