Word: foolishness
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...idea of world community is going to succeed. Therefore, the U.N. should dig in its heels and bide its time. The idea of living without a unitary framework of relations, now of all times, is just too crazy." History today may find the luminous San Francisco conference foolish, but it could yet decide: no, crazy-brave...
...ultimatum to the Serbs followed by massive air strikes if there was noncompliance. I did not even exclude Belgrade from the list of possible bombing targets. Of course, this letter was not answered; there must be thousands who assail the White House with well-meaning albeit foolish recommendations. But I cannot help thinking that had the U.S. followed such a policy a year ago, thousands of innocent lives might have been saved and the war might be over by now. WALTER GRUNWALD Denver
...George Orwell compared the degradation of our language to the progression of a drunk," Fields said. "The slovenliness of our language makes it easier to have foolish thoughts," she added...
...PUCC's advocacy of greater action, its rhetoric of making the council a center of student activism. But in its nominal attempt at real reform, it undermines one of its own goals and bites off a bit more than it can chew at this point in its young and foolish life...
...many Hong Kong residents, along with some outside observers, think Patten's labors are foolish, even suicidal. China has, after all, promised to preserve Hong Kong's free-market system and basic liberties for at least 50 years, giving the region a large degree of autonomy in exchange for silence on national and foreign affairs. And the way most people see it, China has no reason to renege. It's what some commentators call the "golden goose" theory: Hong Kong's thriving economy, capitalist infrastructure, and status as a hub of world business make it such a tantalizing prize that...