Word: foolishnesses
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...hours more the people swung this starry Florida night, swung on through Never Should Have Told You, And the Angels Sing, Moonglow, These Foolish Things Remind Me of You. The band knocked off at the Cinderella hour, its leader a happy man. "I'm always hopped up after a job," he said. "I love it. I just love it. Do you remember White Castle hamburgers? They come frozen now. They come in a box. You pop them in the microwave and then eat them in the bed. Beautiful. They taste just like they did in the street." Given the hour...
...heroine of the title story, Sally, is in love with her husband's stupidity. Every time Ed says or does something foolish, Sally "wants to hug him, and often does; and he is so stupid he can never figure out what for." She confides Ed's gaffes to her best friend Marylynne, who giggles with her. Sally improves her mind by taking up gourmet cooking, medieval history and anthropology. Ed is unimpressed; he prefers meat loaf to sweetbreads with pine nuts, and working in the yard to scholarly pastimes. Atwood builds the case for Ed's "endearing thickness" so cannily...
This argument betrays the same foolish attitude that it is impossible to interfere with capitalism constructively, that we must choose between censorship and indifference. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The fact that Swedish workers are granted family allowances while Americans are not, in no way indicates that Swedish businessmen like money less than their American counterparts. Rather, it demonstrates that Swedish workers have organized politically to ensure that their demands will...
...other cartoonist's. If a single theme animates his work, it is that man, for all his | achievements, is just one species on earth, and not always the wisest or strongest one. His prehistoric cave dwellers and chunky matrons with beehive hairdos and sequined glasses are vulnerable and foolish, while his cows and bears are wise and resourceful. "It's wonderful that we live in a world in which there are things that can eat us," says Larson. "It keeps us from getting too cocky...
...opponents have learned time and again, it is foolish to underestimate Reagan's power to shape political events. That remains true despite last week's results. Still, the election was a clear reminder that the Reagan era is coming to its inevitable end, that the Great Communicator will not always carry the day, that U.S. voters are already casting around for new leaders. "The electorate is ready for some change, the country is ready to move," says Democratic Pollster Peter Hart. "What the voters seem to be saying is that they'd like to see some new faces, new times...