Word: foolishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan was asked after his arrival in Helsinki if he thought the Panama debacle made the U.S. appear foolish. "I don't feel that way," he said. But almost everyone else does, including many inside the Administration...
...close observers of New York's escalating tabloid war, Kalikow's choice was either foolish or inspired. At 36, Amsterdam has impressive credentials, but they are largely in magazine journalism. After editing stints at New Jersey Monthly, New Times, New York and American Lawyer, she made her reputation as founding editor of Manhattan,inc., which broke new ground in 1984 with literate profiles of corporate raiders, high-powered lawyers and their ilk -- not the sort of thing one finds in the pages of the Post...
...refusing to discuss the negotiations with Noriega, Reagan said, "It would be foolish to do so. Some things you have to keep to yourself when you're arguing with someone else...
...strength. Nor is it simply the duty of the media to carry this message, though they have so far failed in that task. Every rational person must join in a battle, in our schools, in our legislatures, in our national priorities, between reason and unreason, reality and fantasy. The foolish, stubborn old man who leads the opposing side must go, and all his ilk with him. We will never be able to confront our difficulties squarely with a President who thinks ketchup is a vegetable, Ed Meese is honest, and who guides the ship of state by the stars...
...what's the difference between patenting a small bacteria that eats oil slicks and patenting a small white mouse that develops cancer? Both are tools created by man for the use of man. Mankind has been hybridizing plants and cattle for centuries for profit. It would be a foolish, backward step to prevent us from using biological aids to better the environment and the human condition...