Word: foolishness
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China or do anything else merely to stick his thumb in Washington's eye. His moves may be foolish or dangerous, but they are never so infantile. De Gaulle is convinced that in the long run he is doing the West and the U.S. a service...
Strait-Jacket. Joan Crawford cuts loose in a sanguinary shudder-show that suffers from a split personality. It was written by Robert Bloch (Psycho), but screams for the sure hand of Hitchcock; it aspires to the Grand Guignol of Baby Jane, but falls short of being droll. Yet despite foolish dialogue, blunt direction, and a fustian plot, there are moments of breath-stopping terror as the heads roll, at times almost literally...
...those who try to organize One Religion of Brotherhood but fools rushing in where even the bravest angels fear to tread? At least we have received much encouragement from many who could scarcely be called foolish. Some comments on my Toward World Brotherhood which suggested and explained the Brotherhood Movement...
...paperback books. In most cases (with the major exception of some natural sciences courses), time spent in lectures is a waste both for the instructor and the student. Mimeographed transcripts of lectures--which rarely change anyway--would give the student more information in less time. It would be foolish, of course, to dispense entirely with lectures, as some professors are superb showmen with clear inspirational value. But by making lectures one of the College's major contributions to formal education, too much emphasis is placed on acting ability. And only a few men say more in lectures than in books...
...house painter with a record ranging from assault to disorderly conduct in four states, was racing south from Los Angeles in a Chevrolet station wagon purchased with $1,000 of the ransom money. As he drove, his fears that capture was inevitable and flight was foolish mounted to terror. In San Juan Capistrano, Irwin stopped, put in a frantic call to his younger brother James, 41, a school purchasing agent, at his home in Imperial Beach, only twelve miles from the Mexican border. The two had not seen each other for several months. But now, said John, it was urgent...