Word: foolishnesses
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...next day. No one learned a little something about the nuances of diplomacy over coffee and donuts. Actually, the reason for this "blackout" of Nye's talk was quite simple. Nye--who like most human beings is ambitious and probably fears the fate of being misinterpreted and appearing foolish in the press--announced quietly before his speech that everything he would say was to remain "off-the-record" and not reported in any newspaper in any way. Accordingly, the journalists in the room, feeling some vague sense of obligation and ethical responsibility, wrote nary a word for the next...
...funds for abortions in Massachusetts. Flynn finished very poorly in the 1975 council race, but with the publicity garnered by his anti-abortion bill, he changed the rules of rabblerousing somewhat, using the issue to get his name in print rather than to create mass hysteria. It would be foolish, however, to discount the campaign help many right-to-lifers gave...
Despite the apparent disadvantages, though, one would be foolish to discard Harvard's chances. The same psychological factors that worked against the Crimson a week ago are now in its favor. For one thing, Brown is favored. For another, Harvard hates, make that absolutely despises, losing to Brown...
...gave Rosemary cancer of the breast, said Alison to herself, aloud, to see how the words sounded. They did not sound very foolish...
...boss. For a moment, still thinking like the street fighter he used to be, he had a drastic idea. He would walk right up to Owner George Steinbrenner, insult him and goad the boss into striking him. Too wild, he decided. If only Steinbrenner would stop sending those foolish statistics down to the dugout during the game, stop pushing him so hard to discipline the players. Discipline, Martin thought as he lay awake, actually longing for a physical confrontation. That's all Steinbrenner ever thought about...