Word: foolishly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Roosevelt made it known that she had taken the physical examination for an airplane pilot's license. So far, however, she has had no instruction. "Franklin said it would be foolish to take lessons unless I owned a plane myself," she explained, "and it would be too expensive to do that, of course. ... If I ever get a chance to fly to Europe in an airship, I will go in a minute...
...many of its chief difficulties. Students who find that they have made a mistake must undergo the awkward and wasteful process of transference. Others may not discover their error until too late, and remain bitter critics of the field in which an unhappy guess has placed them. It is foolish to argue that freshmen can, if they will, easily get desired information from their advisers or from the official catalogue. The counsel of individual advisers, however ably given, is more than apt to be disregarded; and the catalogue is little more than a list. Equally futile is the suggestion that...
...Hitler decide to pick a war tomorrow, fat little Denmark, a land of farmers as defenseless as their cows, would offer the easiest prize, especially since North Slesvig is swarming with Danish Nazis financed from Berlin. But the main danger was not last week that Germans may be so foolish as to start any kind of war in 1933. The longer Adolf Hitler waits, the keener his Reichswehr and Storm Troops become, the more arms the Fatherland secretly or openly acquires, the greater will be Germany's chance to strike with success. The danger last week was that Europe...
...late Chancellor Chester Sanders ("Boss") Lord, longtime managing editor of the New York Sun. They gave a Litt. D. degree to Dr. Herbert Seeley Weet, Rochester Superintendent of Schools, and an LL. D to Alfred Emanuel Smith. Said Dr. Smith: "Education writes a good large insurance policy against the foolish notions of the Socialists, Communists, Naziists and all the others who are arrayed against constitutional government. . . . It's all right to have economy . . . but don't let false economy fall on our public schools. ... It wouldn't do the State a bit of harm if we didn...
Coach Ulen stressed the point that every swimmer should not be required to adopt the Japanese style in its entirety. It would be foolish, he said, to try to change the style of men who are already excellent swimmers. It is only in improving the form of members of the squad that the Japanese crawl will be used. Although this style was originally adapted to the use of small men, it is agreed that taller swimmers can use it to equal advantage...