Word: foolproofing
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Penn stopped the foolproof running game and the hosts' multi-faceted offense stopped the Crimson defense...
Concerning the economy, I doubt that there are huge numbers of Americans who have absolutely no concern for the poor. Many Democrats seem to think that increasing welfare payments is a foolproof method of abetting the poor. Such aid would certainly be an effective short-term solution, but the long-run effects on the economy must also be considered. A weak American economy is not in the best interests of the rich or poor. Again, the noble desire to help the poor does not constitute real economic insight...
...have a middle and end as well as a beginning. GOLEM XIV is the last in a line of increasingly super computers developed to monitor the U.S. interests in peace or war. Unfortunately, it has grown indifferent to this task, and so has HONEST ANNIE, its superior and supposedly foolproof successor. Says one of the commentators on this debacle: "In a word, it had cost the United States $276 billion to construct a set of luminal philosophers." GOLEM lapses into total silence but leaves behind several lectures in which it puts Homo sapiens in an unflattering light ("After its early...
...House's immigration bill is well intentioned-and far from foolproof...
...told, the U.S. spent nearly $7 million to help organize the balloting and guarantee its fairness. Unfortunately, some of that aid contributed to the chaos that cast a pall over the vote. Determined to ensure a truly honest and foolproof election, El Salvador's central election commission ignored U.S. embassy warnings against the installation of high-tech computer voting procedures for a low-tech electorate (more than 40% of the eligible voters are illiterate). Summed up Jorge Rochac, the U.S.-educated consultant who served as overseer for the intricate voting system: "We have three miles of dirt road...