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Word: foolishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some students were future Lowell House residents seeking to mask foolish freshman ignorance at this weekend's soiree...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Swinging Into Action | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

...last, after years of foolish restrictions, pimps no longer had to run their baby selling operations covertly. They were able for the first time in history to offer customer service benefits such as 30 days return policies for children who prove defective...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Cabbage Patch Currency | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

...History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, but eventually decided against it. Said Mendelsohn, "If Kent-Brown was to debate any one, it should be the African National Congress. To let him feel he was participating in a debate when he could set all of the terms was foolish...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Vice-Consul Defends His Right to Speak | 3/25/1987 | See Source »

...free world was making gains in the war against terrorism. That war was declared globally and carried to the enemy almost exclusively by Reagan. The President struck back against fanatics who murdered the innocent. He pressured other countries to pursue suspected terrorists. Whether or not his heartfelt if foolish effort to trade arms for hostages, and with Iran, of all nations, will now encourage even more ( terrorism remains to be seen, but the betting is that the global village has come to understand that no society that seeks respect can support or tolerate the savagery of the Rome airport massacre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Bottom Line on Reagan | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...often been suggested by weak-minded theologians that we should abandon violent confrontation and settle our disputes through conversation or by playing a game of some sort, but this is foolish for we would still need an arms buildup in order to kill the enemy in case they cheated...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: A Call to Arms | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

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