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Word: stupid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dismissal of Simon as just another image from a media consultant's blueprint is perhaps the most stupid failure of the so-called "genius of American politics." It seems that when commentators talk about Simon they can't see his large programs for his bowtie. That commentators shallowly label Simon's call for a caring government a press-office creation after eight years of Reaganomics is shocking. If we ever are going to end homelessness and racism and a thousand other social ills, we are going to have to refute that super-savvy sneerful kind of reasoning. Paul Simon...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Paul Simon | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...NOTEBOOK: Harvard went two-for-sixon the power play, RPI one-for-two...Addesa blamedhis team's slow start on "stupid penalties." Saidthe RPI coach: "Maybe we were too high too early.We took some undisciplined penalties. We had agreat first shift and I thought that would give usmomentum."CrimsonHector I. OsarioHarvard's PETER CIAVAGLIA (11) inforeground. Harvard's C.J. YOUNG (14) and RPI'sSTEVE MOORE (2) in background...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Hold Off RPI in Quarters, 5-4 | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

Chris Cabot as the Ballplayer (who is supposed to be Monroe's real-life husband Joe DiMaggio), has a menacing physical presence. Cabot plays up the stereotype of the dumb jock, but amidst all the gumcracking lie some very clever lines. Granted, he does stupid things, like calling Freud "Floyd." But his stupidity makes him an even more affable character. He's the only one in this clan that doesn't take all of this "smart talk" seriously...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Significant Figures | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

...friends giggled and looked at me with that look that meant I had said something incredibly stupid and indicative of my Yankee upbringing...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Witnesses to Swaggart | 3/2/1988 | See Source »

...late 30s, and they're still complaining about this mean thing someone did when they were kids." Notes John Levy, a San Francisco-based consultant to heirs and heiresses: "There's a lack of reality because there's no price to pay. They can go out and do ! something stupid or wrong and be bailed out. It's almost like being in a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Woes of Being Wealthy | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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