Word: foolishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be foolish to ignore the progress which has been made in attracting minorities to Harvard in the past 20 years Since 1969 College enrollment of Blacks. Chieanos, Puerto Rican, and Native Americans has more than doubled. But Harvard remains disproportionately white and upper middle class--and in the last three years. Black matriculation has significantly decreased. This year's admissions statistics show that the decline will probably continue...
...have encrusted the character over the years and brought him down to fighting weight, a scrappy, snappy little bantam, whom the audience may, if it wishes, choose to see as a victim, but who almost never sees himself that way. Not long ago, Arthur Miller said that "Willy is foolish and even ridiculous sometimes. He tells the most transparent lies, exaggerates mercilessly, and so on. But I want you to see that the impulses behind him are not foolish at all. He cannot bear reality, and since he can't do much to change it, he keeps changing...
Fortunately, in this case we can make up the thirty minutes during our next meeting. If we keep playing this foolish and irresponsible game, however, some day there may be no next time and people may wonder why yet another great idea didn't last...
...mutter pointedly about the performers' talent, poise and looks. "The guy in the tie-dyed shirt is technically fine," Hornaday says, "but his eyes are dead." Even the judgments that benefit auditioners could prove painful if spoken within their earshot. Says Feuer: "We need someone who looks foolish to play Greg." His colleagues nod, and one young man is in. But the triumph is temporary and perhaps hollow. At this stage, the auditioners are moving on to "call-backs," the first step in a process that will, the producers admit, stretch up to the start of production in September...
...Burger King used to cry "Have it your way," but as a political campaign slogan that would be foolish. Spoken by one candidate to another, "You deserve a break today," the old McDonald's line, would also be too kindhearted. But Walter Mondale's repetition of a hamburger chain's advertising slogan, "Where's the beef?," has proved a remarkably successful political putdown...