Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally, the representatives of the residents of Mather, in the form of the House Council, actually voted in favor of this dinner, presumably with the wishes and interests of their constituents in mind. It seems foolish of Epps to prohibit a regular dinner that had been designed to inconvenience Mather residents as little as possible, and which residents' representatives had endorsed...
...Harvard student, it was just another day of "the typical eat-study-sleep routine," but for the more sentimental, yesterday's celebration of St. Valentine's Day symbolized the year's last chance to express love without looking more foolish than anyone else...
...days of subzero weather, water mains burst or froze, creating extreme fire-fighting hazards. Amtrak canceled trains on eight major routes out of Chicago -and sent 25 cars down to New Orleans to thaw out. However, the cold did bring some blessings. Street crime was down, and three gunmen foolish enough to hold up the Cleveland Trust Co. were quickly caught when their getaway car spun its wheels futilely in the snow...
...swine flu decision, and, having committed themselves to it, did not waver. A few state officials dissented, but the vaccine establishment controls substantial amounts of public health funds; the establishment's decision will never be proved wrong--there might have been an epidemic--and it would have been politically foolish to argue. So few public health officials insisted that consumer representatives have a major voice in the decisionmaking. No one objected when the four drug companies that would profit from the program played such a major role in its planning...
...covered in glitter and good will. These gaudy little baubles are easy enough to tolerate in the floodtide of fellowship that ebbs and flows around Christmas. Holidays are over, however, a cold wet January is upon the land, and The Slipper and the Rose lingers on, looking as foolish as Cinderella hotfooting it out of the palace as her ball gown turns to rags...