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...lighten the burden of class rings on student wallets is a fine goal, to be sure, but to do so in an attempt to increase the number of buyers is vile. Class rings are the icons of a decadent class of well-to-do college students; the council is foolish to advocate increasing their sales for the ludicrous purpose of promoting community among seniors. The community of class ring owners—which recently includes roughly every other graduate—shares little more than thick wallets and an appreciation for materialism...
...line in the ground and a shallow river”; such absurd statements prove only that Huntington has probably never even seen the border, much less the bodies of the immigrants who have died in attempts to reach the U.S. On the subject of language, Huntington is not foolish enough to deny the importance of being able to converse in something other than English—but his belief that bilingualism will somehow split up American society is easily disprovable. Any competent businessperson in this global age, for instance, can speak to the value of multilingualism as a skill that...
...nature of competition for baseball athletes to scrounge for an advantage. "Historically, they'll scuff a ball, cork a bat, steal signs," says NBC sportscaster Bob Costas. "If everyone is looking for any edge, it's foolish to think that some won't go the chemical route...
...sell” his or her course to undergraduates paying through their teeth to attend this university, and who must narrow down their selections from dozens of courses to four. Though students should certainly prioritize academic rigor and teaching style in course selection, they would be foolish not to base their decisions at least in part on the structure and administration of the class, and it is important for professors to speak about this...
Many people inside and outside the game have expressed anger about what's alleged to have happened, but also bewilderment: whether or not any of the players had committed a crime, how could they be so foolish as to put themselves in this mess? "With some young players today, ego is the biggest problem," says Mark Carroll, a former Australian league player who coaches at Manly. "I pull them aside sometimes and say, 'Hey, you're a footballer. You cart around a lump of pigskin. You don't save lives.'" Sexual shenanigans by sportsmen are not, of course, confined...