Word: foolishness
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...while greedy players and foolish owners may have stopped working for a while, the Red Sox just took an extended off-season. And I am not a Jose Canseco fan or a Roger Clemens fan; I am a Red Sox fan. So when my brother called me up Wednesday morning out of the blue, saying he had just bought Opening Day tickets, I cut my classes and went...
...most importantly, on Opening Day I once again felt foolish hope: Aaron Sele carried a no-hitter into the fifth, and my heart fluttered as I longed for all goose eggs for nine innings. In good Red Sox form, Sele blew it, but that just means I have something to hope for next time. I hope that the Red Sox win it all this year, for I know that will bring the Messiah...
...reality is that lay-offs would further deplete a guard service that has already lost 10 percent of its force to attrition. That would mean fewer familiar faces for students. And financially, the move would be penny-wise and pound-foolish. A smaller unit means more guards would have to do extra shifts, which would force the department to foot the bill for expensive overtime hours...
...admission process, we look at a numberof factors very closely. Test scores, high schoolrecord, enthusiastic recommendations are allconsidered," said Lewis. "Test scores are neverdecisive. We would be foolish to base thisdecision on one factor. Test scores are not usedin any formulaic...
...They do not recognize that they've reproducedextravagant stories that are easy to get people toconfabulate," says Richard J. Ofshe, a socialpsychologist at the University of California atBerkeley. "Hypnosis is a wonderfully powerful andinteresting method of influence, and not torecognize that can be very foolish...