Word: foolishness
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...fear gnaws at us all, and we start to wonder what risks are acceptable in the pursuit of a story. My decision to visit Sarobi, north of Kabul, began to feel a bit foolish. Since I first started coming to Afghanistan in 2003, I have driven this road scores of times. The same with the road west, to Kandahar, and south, to Khost. These days the roads are all but off-limits, plagued by Taliban insurgents, war or rampant criminality that leaves no vehicle untouched. Kabul is encircled, say residents of the capital. While the city itself is safe, they...
...idea of numerical rankings and the industry that has grown up around them. “It’s always flattering to be appreciated,” said Marlyn E. McGrath ’70, Harvard College director of admissions. “But it’s foolish to put too much faith into a numerical ranking system.” McGrath said that rankings do not provide a perfect way for a student to choose the right college. In fact, they can be misleading. “One very important aspect of these upper colleges is that...
...passage of Ballot Question 2 will do much to make state laws more reasonable, but it does not go nearly far enough. While preserving some criminal penalties for possession and maintaining laws against growing and selling the drug may help the ballot measure pass, these laws are fundamentally foolish. Marijuana, which is less addictive than caffeine and no more damaging to the body than tobacco, should be regulated as a legal commodity rather than as an illicit drug. Even if marijuana were legal in Massachusetts, the drug would still be illegal under federal law. The U.S. government?...
...hairs, once the airline reposted the flight's delayed departure time, Carol was well within the 45-minute cut-off rule.) Given the situation, the airline could have at least refunded Carol's change fees. We think this was a missed opportunity by Spirit to please a customer - a foolish move in this market...
...assign a single cause to the behavior of stock markets - which are aggregations of thousands of companies - is at best difficult and at worst foolish. Nonetheless, there were events that were hard to ignore. Insurance contracts tied to the debt of the now defunct Lehman Brothers were finally settled up, and - after much breath-holding - no other firms unraveled. In Washington, black SUVs and town cars of the G-7's central bankers and Treasury officials rolled into town, bringing with them the hope that the people with the power to fix things - assuming there are such people - will collectively...