Word: foolishness
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...couldn’t put up with the foolish rules imposed on us, and had a number of scrapes and near-scrapes with Radcliffe, over such things as staying out too late, or failing to wear a hair net when waiting on table,” Gleason remembers. “I guess that ‘Question authority’ was in her mind long before the radical...
First, Weaver claims that the use of philosophical methods to argue against homosexuality is foolish because philosophy can be used to justify just about anything...
...wake of Bush's flying stunt, a new and unfair test was proposed by journalists--the aircraft-carrier primary: Which of the Democrats could have duplicated Bush's photo op without seeming foolish? Not Lieberman, and certainly not Dean. John Edwards and Dick Gephardt are plausible flyboys, and Bob Graham might have been at one time. No, Kerry wins this contest hands down. His military record is his ticket to this dance. On the day before the debate, Kerry did something no other Democrat in the race could do. He gave a moving tribute, surrounded by Vietnam combat veterans...
...Price of Peace." It looks as if you've joined other news purveyors in buying into the Bush Administration's claim that war inevitably results in peace. What this picture shows is, plain and simple, the agonizing price of war. Whether peace will follow is a question only the foolish would try to answer now. MARIAN R. PLACE Durham...
...would be unreasonable to expect the administration never to enact policy changes that then seem unwise to undergraduate observers. But it is only fair to expect Kirby to pay attention when those observers make common-sense objections that have simple solutions. As a result of a foolish, avoidable mistake, a perfectly good policy will be overshadowed by the practical mayhem it produces. Too many professors taking leave are going to rain on next year’s parade—and it’s hard not to blame Kirby for ignoring the forecast...