Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wasn't even supposed to be there, Congo's Premier Moise Tshombe. Though loathed more than ever by most black leaders, Tshombe emerged from the week as almost a hero at home, and the protagonist of a very African episode that made his enemies look utterly foolish...
...that the best was saved for last, but in general CBS's new shows lack the warmth of those on the other networks. CBS has a cool and mechanical touch. Its choices in comedy seem cynical, where ABC's and NBC's at worst seem merely foolish. Even the people in the CBS canned-laughter machine seem to laugh with a Hessian edge...
...robbed of the worst, or the best, past is not a theft but a gift. Anouilh further argues, without his later agile irony and cogent wit, that a man can indeed escape his past, which suggests that the young playwright still harbored at least one fond and vastly foolish illusion...
...people of Cuba will feel they have an equal right to help, with all resources available to them, the revolutionary movements in all countries that practice such interference in our country's domestic affairs." The U.S. embargo? Why, the Europeans have made it a mockery. "It is foolish to believe," said Castro, "that the countries of Europe, whose markets the U.S. wants to take away, will go along with this ridiculous proposal...
...Americans are foolish to be ready so soon," sniffed the Soviet coach. "We will be ready when it counts-at the Olympics in October." Back home, a Russian sports publication reported: "The fact that we lost can be explained by the unusual-for our athletes-meteorological conditions called smog." There was something else. Despite their fantastic sports program, the Russians have apparently failed to develop much in the way of young athletes. The same faces appear year after year, and they are getting old and tired. This year's Russian men averaged two years older than their U.S. counterparts...