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Word: foolishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grim by the unaccustomed effort of thought; and Director James Bridges (who wrote the script with Aaron Latham) proves he has no rhythm. As a concept in search of a plot, the picture will infuriate those who come for the jiggles and giggles while offending those dear souls still foolish enough to seek high-mindedness at the movies in the summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes Perfect | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

...think a would be foolish of us to create a program that would be available to all 11,000 faculty and staff just because some people among a portion of the support staff are trying to form a union." Steiner said...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Harvard's Non-Union Workers Win $1 Million Dental Care Package | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

Fiske called his client's crime "a foolish mistake." But the prosecution saw it differently. "Mr. Thayer probably had more money at the time than everybody in this courtroom combined," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles H. Roistacher. Thayer did what he did, Roistacher insisted, because "he thought he could get away with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stiff Sentence | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

...effort into a cause they could perhaps better assist in other ways. A real peaceful protest, civil disobedience done well would certainly be an improvement. Though the protest wasn't expected (SASC wasn't supposed to know), inviting a South African to speak may have been a foolish stunt, it seemed more intended to provoke liberals than to let the South African government have its say. Certainly all sides would be better off had this unpleasant incident not occurred. Perhaps SASC should invite its own speaker, for instance the member of the African National Congress who debated Mr. Hoppenstein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Blockade II | 5/15/1985 | See Source »

...SMART WOMEN, FOOLISH CHOICES, Cowan and Kinder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers: May 13, 1985 | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

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