Word: foolishness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...keys to the successful afternoon was the Crimson's ability to contain confident NU quarterback Jim O'Leary, who managed to chalk up 192 yards on the ground in the Huskies' first two games when he wasn't busy deceiving opposing defenses into foolish pursuits...
These disadvantages are offset, however, by the devastation of the tanker war. "In a normal world, pipelines make no sense at all," says James Akins, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. "But who would be so foolish as to say that anything is normal these days in the gulf?" Thomas McNaugher, a senior analyst with the Massachusetts-based Cambridge Energy Research Associates, agrees. Says he: "Pipelines are no final answer for anyone. Yet it makes sense to diversify, to provide an alternative to being held at gunpoint...
NATO governments invested a great deal of political capital persuading their peoples to allow the installation of the Pershings and Tomahawks on their soil. Now the Americans have turned about and decided to remove them. Not only do the European governments look foolish, but they have the additional fear of further American force withdrawals from NATO...
Critics also point out that the Administration has been foolish not only militarily, but diplomatically. Kuwait, a country the size of New Jersey, has used the spectre of increased Soviet influence in the Middle East to trick us into guarding their supertankers. In fact, the country we most hate in the region stands to gain the most from our decision to defend open navigation of the sea; Iran sends most of its exports out of the Gulf by sea, while Iraq transports its oil through overland pipelines. By keeping the waters open, we inadvertently prevent Iraqi attacks on Iranian ships...
...grateful for the opportunity to hear North explain his side of the story. How foolish he makes a lot of people look for judging him before listening...