Word: foolishness
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...where the timid fear to tread, following the company's slogan-"Find a need, and fill it." Optimism is the cornerstone of the Kaiser philosophy, and Edgar argues with folksy persuasion that the world's needs are bound to rise so fast that he would be foolish not to try to meet them...
...flagrant offense to the American sense of fair play. Your attempt at covering up your total domination of Hanoi's foreign policy by ordering her to mold this policy around the Soviet Union's call for peaceful co-existence fools no one, and you cannot imagine how foolish you look in this attempt...
...from Nazca into Cuzco, from Puno down the rugged eastern slope of the Andes into the southern montana. Estimated cost: $400 million. Like Juscelino Kubitschek's Brasilia, the project will be years justifying itself. "But you know," ventures one Peruvian, "in a hundred years we might look awfully foolish...
...What is the matter with these foolish people who talk about negotiating with the Communists over South Viet Nam? Have they not yet learned that a Communist's word means nothing...
From then on, the only important distinction between friend and foe is that the foes appear to be better actors. Brave's foolish little war ends in a bloody climax, suddenly dumping all moral issues for the fun of a good scrap. The about-face calls for a final word from Lieut. Kuroki: "There is no death when the spirit rives." But when the spirit racks conviction, man, what good is riving...