Word: foolishly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inclinations of any of the officers who were in Europe, except, perhaps, the comparatively infinitesimal few whom he came in personal contact with. Therefore, Mr. Bratton does not know any thing positive about that which he speaks. . . . Each week, I look to TIME for facts and dislike seeing such foolish and unfounded statements appearing therein, even under "Letters...
...spite of the rapidity with which public opinion is manufactured by the press, the wise say that the fostering of an international spirit must be a gradual affair. The more foolish say that fighting is a natural instinct. But that the permanent peace which the world must have and the strong nationalism which has universal dominion over the human imagination are in complete opposition to one another and that one of them must be abandoned, diplomats either do not see or else do not care...
Last week the Temperance League of France answered this by no means foolish question with crisp statistics...
...Between acting and instrumental music," went on Mr. Irvine, "there is a striking parallel, which most people do not seem to realize or appreciate. Both depend more or less upon action, and what is essential, upon a director. It would be just as foolish for a group of actors to act without a director as for a band of musicians to strike up without a conductor...
...teacher at the model school of the New York Training School for Teachers, began to fear the incessancy of this schoolteacher's routine. She would quite often feel a wave of hatred for her pupils, followed by a sentimental shame which made her look at them with a foolish smile. This amused the children. They could scarcely help writing smutty words on the blackboard or making noises to scare Miss Byrne. The other teachers began to notice that she seemed a little gruff when they met her on the stairs. Once she rated 35 out of a class...