Word: foolishness
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...optimistic that the spirit will last. Now, says the Rev. Robert Spike of the National Council of Churches' Commission on Religion and Race, "we face the question as to how we can put flesh on the content of this commitment." Spike believes that there were "a lot of foolish, wildcat activities" at Selma, and some clerics, notably Roman Catholic and Episcopal bishops in Alabama, wondered whether men of the cloth should have been there...
...loses his security blanket. "Sucking your thumb without a blanket," he confides, "is like eating a cone without ice cream." Linus is Horatio Alger in reverse: "No problem is so big or so complicated that it cannot be run away from." Snoopy, the dog with the floppy ears and foolish smile, is the perfect hedonist. He dances, skates, jumps rope, hunches like a vulture but above all likes to lie flat on his back on the top of his doghouse awaiting supper -which sometimes includes a dish of sherbet on the side. Snoopy is no great shakes at chasing rabbits...
Senator Goldwater's foolish insistence on depicting his policies as sharp departures from current practices did not help his cause. But it was incumbent Governors and Senators--of both parties--who received the greatest aid from the electorate's new mood. Most incumbent Governors and Senators--unlike most Representatives and state legislators--are celebrities of a kind, and the public did not want their familiar, reassuring faces replaced...
According to Herbert J. Rogers 2L a spokesman for the group, Miss Albright's picture on the cover of Newsweek's "Campus '65" issue reminded him of the need to "dedicate yourself to something totally foolish." He and some friends responded to this "visceral reaction" by phoning Miss Albright, a drama major. "We're inviting her because she's there," Rogers explained...
...self-conscious? Why couldnt they play it straight? Light opera is supposed to be foolish--the audience will discover that on its own. The characters aren't supposed to be realistic. But they have to appear to think they are. A deadpan is much funnier than a smirk...