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Word: stupid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will slice his chin in a hurry to make the shuttle bus, and run around his suite with a dab of toilet paper stuck on his still-damp face, praying that it will stop bleeding before he goes and he won't have to look stupid. This is not a man who will need industrial-strength Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion to heal his face after the razor has left it as dry as Utah. This is not a man who will accidentally leave a spot of shaving cream on his carlobe and not notice it until 4 p.m., by which...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Change Your Existence | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...downwardly mobile fashion, to a Thamesside public house and inn, run by friends of the Aubreys'. Rose stumbles into a Saturday-night ruckus in the bar: "All the customers were standing quite still and nobody was saying anything. Their faces were clay-colored and featureless, yet not stupid; they might have been shrewd turnips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beginning a Posthumous Career This Real Night | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

...round up witnesses and interview the injured, who are often their own worst enemies. Says Orlando Attorney John Overchuck: "It's your dignity that really is on the line, and God knows what you'll say at the time: 'I should have been looking where I was going. How stupid of me.' " Alert Disney staffers write it all down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Mickey Mousing Around | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

...announcing that he would not ask for a renewal of controls, Reagan made it clear that the U.S. wants "reciprocal treatment by Japan." The Japanese were not surprised. Said one auto executive: "No one in our industry is stupid enough to believe that there are no strings attached to this decision." The U.S. will be looking to Japan to allow more U.S.-made goods, including forest products and telecommunications equipment, into its market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop Sign: An end to auto import quotas | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

...were those people leaving before time was over? When the woman next to me put on her coat. I. Francois, said, "Whoah mother. You are to miss the best part the finale" She was very angered, and told me to my face. "You stupid, pretentious Europeans, it is your fault. We Americans just do not understand your creativity!" I was very disturbed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Qui est Wilson? | 3/1/1985 | See Source »

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