Word: foolishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Foolish fellows! If they had just waited a few years, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper could have been really Easy Riders. Instead of discovering America from the jolting seats of their motorcycles, they could have cruised along in the stolid comfort of an RV. With, maybe, the little woman fixing toasted cheese sandwiches in the microwave...
...president in recent years could possibly have been king. John F. Kennedy might have made a decent prince, but Jimmy Carter on his peanut farm? Richard Nixon whining about Checkers on national TV? Gerald Ford? Imagine how foolish they would look with ermine robes, crowns, and sceptres--not to mention the difficulties which mounting a throne might present poor King Gerald. No, they could not be kings. But in Ronald Reagan we have a rare, historic opportunity. As they say in the movies, it may be crazy, but just might work...
Delbanco cited a new environment, as one of the primary reasons for his departure from Harvard. "The opportunity at Columbia is such an exciting one that I would be foolish to turn it down," Delbanco said...
Whatever the motives and intentions of the Administration, it would be supremely foolish to reject any Soviet overtures to limit Star Wars development, as at least some in the Pentagon desire. The problem is that the Administration's contention that space-based defense offers a better avenue to deterrence than mutual assured destruction ignores the scientific consensus that a fool-proof missile defense would be impossible to achieve and prohibitively expensive. Proceeding indiscriminately with Star Wars development only offers the hope of a budget-draining resumption of the arms race in outer space, because, as the history of the nuclear...
...that the greatest season in a long time for Harvard men's soccer is finally over, the booters can rest easy, proud of their achievements this year and comfortable that the squad will be forever known in the annals of sport as an upstart that made everyone look foolish for underestimating them...