Word: foolishness
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...your story about my book The Bible Code [RELIGION, June 9]. I didn't write it for money. No one works five years on a book to get rich. I wrote it because I believe that there is a code in the Bible and that we would be foolish to ignore its apparent warnings. As the code's discoverer, the eminent Israeli mathematician Eliyahu Rips, told my publisher in a signed letter, the Bible code contained an accurate prediction of the Gulf War before it began. I was not being "defensive" when I told your reporter that I believe...
...Force Lieut. Kelly Flinn could be the poster child for "Smart Women, Foolish Choices." The first woman to fly a B-52 bomber, she was named "the most distinguished" student at flight-training school. At Minot (N.D.) Air Force Base, Flinn was chosen to take the Secretary of the Air Force for a spin...
...Foolish, hurtful, deceitful behavior in matters romantic and sexual occurs every day in civilian life. It elicits responses ranging from sympathy to "Boy, are you stupid" to higher ratings for your talk show--a potential silver lining for Kathie Lee Gifford. Much of this happens at work because, to paraphrase Willie Sutton, that's where the opposite sex is. The question is, How much can--or should--an employer try to control it? There has to be a stricter standard in the life-and-death military, but something is out of kilter when two married executives at ABC have...
...letter is "wrong in its conclu- sions, wrong in its assumptions and inaccurate in its facts and foolish in its rhetoric," said Michael F. Butler '57, a Washington lawyer who represents Shleifer and Hay, in a written statement...
...conceal the fact that they're ill-equipped and totally unprepared for dealing with a crisis of this kind. Throw in a case of whiplash, back spasms, temporary deafness and all manner of quirks and mishaps, and you've got manifold ways of making them look even more foolish...