Word: foolishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other cartoonist's. If a single theme animates his work, it is that man, for all his | achievements, is just one species on earth, and not always the wisest or strongest one. His prehistoric cave dwellers and chunky matrons with beehive hairdos and sequined glasses are vulnerable and foolish, while his cows and bears are wise and resourceful. "It's wonderful that we live in a world in which there are things that can eat us," says Larson. "It keeps us from getting too cocky...
Unlike the songs on Stratas' earlier album, The Unknown Kurt Weill, these are among the composer's most familiar. The soprano's increasingly raw voice is not entirely suitable to the works of the American period, like the wistful waltz Foolish Heart, from One Touch of Venus. But it is just right for the angry desperation of the Brecht-Berlin years; the harsh, bitter edge to the smoky Surabaya-Johnny proclaims there will be no happy end here...
...opponents have learned time and again, it is foolish to underestimate Reagan's power to shape political events. That remains true despite last week's results. Still, the election was a clear reminder that the Reagan era is coming to its inevitable end, that the Great Communicator will not always carry the day, that U.S. voters are already casting around for new leaders. "The electorate is ready for some change, the country is ready to move," says Democratic Pollster Peter Hart. "What the voters seem to be saying is that they'd like to see some new faces, new times...
...warm fuzzy bunny compared to the good but aggressive Blue Velvets of the season, it's worth seeing by way of contrast. Definitely a good flick to see with a date. Definitely a flick that'll make you feel okay about life after it's over. Definitely not a foolish choice...
...Lowell Lecture Hall was offered to the Harvard Foundation with money, I think we'd be foolish not to take it," says Gomes, adding that he might rejoin the Foundation if it acquired such a facility. Nevertheless, "the lack of readily available space does not seem to have inhibited the vitality of minority life," says Gomes, who chaired the committee that created the Foundation in January...