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Word: foolishness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost overnight: Mubarak, an unglamorously disciplined ex-air force officer, has to deal with a Middle East more severely polarized by superpower politics than ever before, and the artful game of switching loyalties may become a thing of the past. If so, Mubarak's latest diplomatic manuever is a foolish move in the wrong direction...

Author: By Evan T. Barr, | Title: Flirting With Danger | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

...were foolish in thinking we could get a really hot band at this late date." Black added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beaten | 4/6/1983 | See Source »

...What is said at the March 8 and April 15 Faculty meetings really doesn't matter, all the full Faculty can do is vote to continue or to discontinue the Core program for five years. The Academics Committee concluded, and The Crimson would probably agree, that it would be foolish and misrepresentative of student opinion to recommend that the program be scrapped entirely So the Faculty debates are just a formality. Real reform will come in the Core sub-committees, and, most important, in the Core Standing Committee. Academics committee representatives to all of the Core Committees are already lobbying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Core and Council | 3/22/1983 | See Source »

Mosher now admits that he was foolish to have published the article. Many leading U.S. anthropologists believe that it violated the profession's code of ethics by failing to disguise the women pictured and to protect their privacy. In addition, officials who allowed Mosher to take the photographs were exposed to possible punishment by higher authorities. Says Prewitt: "What Mosher discovered is an important contribution to anthropology. How he reported it is a tragedy for the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Battle in the Scholarly World | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

There is no need to eliminate the many fine courses already established which approach these disciplines more imaginatively; some students may well prefer them. But it would be foolish to maintain that students learn less about artistic inquiry by tracing the course of art in the Western world than by examining "The Development of the String Quartet." And it would be shameful to continue forcing students to eschew a broader grounding if they choose to seek...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Time To Modify | 3/8/1983 | See Source »

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