Word: funning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nuclear warheads, the possibility of biological warfare. In each case, Dyson gives his exacting rationale for the stances he has adopted. His conclusions are always responsible, often noble, and occasionally naive. For instance, he ascribes our failure to develop safe nuclear reactors to contemporary scientists' inability to have fun inventing them. And as a solution to the energy crisis, he proposes that we somehow clone trees to yield gasoline...
...whiz! Why don't we save ourselves a year of tiresome rhetoric and a lot of money too, and anoint by acclamation another of the Royal Family Kennedy as King-er, President? With Camelot II and its fun and games established in the White House we will see how well charisma can run this country. While standing in awe of the new White House occupants, we will forget our troubles of inflation, unemployment, energy shortage and high medical costs...
...they cannot afford trap nets. They would require an initial investment of $20,000, about 20 times the cost of using a gill net. In the Chippewa view, the dispute is plain enough: it is between poor Indians who fish for a living and rich whites who fish for fun. Says Chippewa Elmer LeBlanc: "Our forefathers gave us the right to hunt and fish. I want it to be a livelihood...
...would Contributor John Skow know about New Hampshire and its politics [Oct. 29], gazing at us natives from his lofty perch in snooty New London? Skow can poke fun at us. However, when the chips are down, name me one President in the past five decades who made it without first doing damn well in the New Hampshire primary...
...Crimson booters' ability to have fun does not take away from their game. It's just that when they send the ball rolling, it rolls with laughter...