Word: foolish
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...make 3G obsolete. It's impractical to blanket a city with hot spots. In Asia, access is provided by a hodgepodge of private businesses and independent operators, some offering it for free, others charging small fees. Nevertheless, some think that mobile network operators would be foolish to ignore it. Carriers "can roll out [Wi-Fi] services much quicker than 3G," says Shamir Amanullah, program leader at marketing consultancy Frost & Sullivan in Kuala Lumpur. "3G networks cost up to $1 billion to set up and that won't give them lots of pricing flexibility...
...Miss Teen USA fiasco created a difficult time in my life, but it did unite me with my second (and also fourth) wife. We were young and foolish, she more foolish than I. That’s why I had an affair. The affair and subsequent divorce created yet another difficult time in my life, but it did unite me with my third (and also 15th) wife...
...It’s foolish and backwards to assume that the Unofficial Guide will serve everyone’s needs,” Losier said. “You wouldn’t want it to. That’s assuming that students aren’t nuanced...
...Everything up to now is in the past,” U.S. forward Tricia Dunn said. “If we think because we’re 8-0 and going to walk all over them, that would be foolish of us. We’ve got to play our best game...
Awareness is crucial, but it is not an end, only a means to an end. With so much at stake, it is foolish for advocates not to use their almost universal support as an engine for real change. And it’s even more foolish to weaken this support by blurring the distinction between the endearing and the truly monstrous—and by tarnishing an innocent holiday in the process...