Word: stupid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students] are able to admit they are doing something illegal; they are responsible and sufficiently savvy not to take stupid chances." Most can take a drug or leave it as the case may be, and they "fit into their world, usually indulging on weekends," she continues...
...story line of Risky Business to understand why her son danced in his underpants. Ron, with his unaffected way of carrying his celebrity lightly, insists that he had few qualms about taking on the S.N.L. assignment. Says he: "People think that any member of the First Family is necessarily stupid and incompetent. They automatically assume you must be an idiot." His S.N.L. mentors were more apprehensive. "All week I kept thinking, 'He's not actually going to do this,' " recalls Head Writer Jim Downey...
...Hall, giving us an ordinary man's meandering and never-ending journey through his existentialistic, and sometimes banal thoughts. We constantly get questions (never answers) on what life is all about, where happiness can be found, how meaningful relationships are nurtured and why we torture ourselves by asking such stupid questions...
...Karanas, 18, of New York City and The Brearley School. "I also felt like everyone here was a genius, but at the faculty panel one of the questions asked was, `what is the worst thing about Harvard?' and the professor answered, `People who come here think they're stupid."' Karanas explains that this answer calmed her fears, letting her know that there were other early admits who also felt they would be less intelligent than the average Harvard student...
...performances were never spectacular, they were at least exciting and interesting. I watched him dodge machine gun fire and crack some skulls, and thought "This guy is good!" But when I saw him take on the entire city of Beirut and win, I could only think "This guy is stupid and amazingly lucky...