Word: foolishness
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...foolish to think that there is ever any single exclusive meaning to any of the Beatles songs, which is why it is difficult to interpret them. This is especially true when one is dealing with as complex and fluid a poet as John Lennon. Nevertheless there are always some meanings in Beatles' songs and it is important to try and understand them...
Every action was motivated, every sound made sense. Even the customarily foolish flute cadenzas were transformed into an eloquent cascade of accusation, bitter mockery and, finally, deranged wailing. The voice sparkled and soared, flicking through the florid intricacies of the music with the phenomenal speed and accuracy that have made Sills one of the most spectacular singers in the world. When the last high E-flat had died away and Lucia had toppled in death, the benefit audience, many of whom had paid $100 for their seats, shouted and clapped for seven minutes while Beverly Sills paced before the curtain...
...moon, why can't we build adequate housing or feed all our citizens?" I would ask, "Why can't the trip to the moon and exploration of space inspire us to see social injustices, our cruel war, and our long and foolish fight with nature...
...foolish to catalogue the crdits and debits of the opening night of a production as volatile and hurriedly achieved as this one. Only two things are certain. First, than in Jesus and Job Mayer has moved towards an intimacy and self-revelation which may eventually carry him away from his cherished devices of stagecraft and the Cambridge audience which applauded its more conventional manifestations. The other is that Mayer's visions and his struggles with them are worth seeing. For the sake of the man, for the sake...
Karen Sue Beineman, 18, a freshman at Eastern Michigan University, was a cautious and sensible girl. On July 23, in Ypsilanti, Mich., she told clerks in a wig shop that she had done only two foolish things in her life. One was to buy herself a wig. The other: to accept a ride from a stranger, who was wait ing outside for her on his motorcycle...