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TOBACCO. You can be foolish sometimes, which is exactly what you should say. Admit your error--and don't worry--you'll still carry North Carolina. Say that of course you don't want people to smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT DOLE MUST SAY | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...money, the glamour, the witty copy--everyone loves a Nike ad. Except maybe the normally genial Seattle Mariner KEN GRIFFEY JR., who sounds off about his faux presidential campaign in next month's George: "Griffey for President--what kind of [three crude synonyms for foolish] idea is that?" It seems Griffey wanted to do ads with lots of action but instead had reporters asking him his views on abortion. Nike has stopped the expensive campaign but says that was because of the Mariners' performance, not Junior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 23, 1996 | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

Americans have grown frustrated with the countless advantages given to incumbents, and some have gone down the foolish path of supporting another anti-democratic measure: term limits. But what is really needed is an overhaul of the entire system of how we elect people, not just how often we elect them. Campaign finance reform is desperately needed...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Third Party Blues | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

Sophomore--from Harvard College--foolish enough to want to do it all over again, but wise enough to know that...

Author: By Abby Y. Fung, | Title: Yearning to Be a First-Year Again | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

However, that's assuming that the freshmen won't have anything substantial to contribute. Looking over the past few years, this would be a foolish thing to think...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Unfinished Business | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

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