Word: stupid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attend a private school in Chicago, while he supported himself. A Columbia recruiter convinced him to apply to Eastern colleges. He had never heard of Harvard before. In his small town of Parker, "counselors discourage you from applying to college," he says, "and Anglos tell you you're stupid." He adds that the Klu Klux Klan counts 200 members in his town. Now, whites at home hate him even more, because no one in town has ever been to Harvard, he says. And stereotypes stick: he is called "Mr. Harvard Accent...
...Washington." The American Foreign Service Association issued a statement saying: "Such an endorsement demonstrates a regrettable failure to grasp that to be effective, an ambassador must represent the entire nation, not just one segment." At the State Department, the prevailing sentiment was summed up by a senior official: " 'Stupid' and 'tacky' are the operative words...
...thought etiquette was dead," says Martin. "Even the word was a joke. I thought I was just writing for a bunch of old cranks like myself, but then I started getting floods of mail from young people. These were the people who were supposed to think etiquette was stupid and ludicrous, and they were all writing me and asking me questions. I found out that these people realized that they had been lied to by their parents...
Professor of Anthropology David Pilbeam said, "I met him at several conferences and he was very generous and helpful," adding that "he gave good advice and wasn't too harsh when we said stupid things...
...Congress. They were upset too by Under Secretary of State Ronald Spiers' contention that the $366 million sought by the department was not really needed and that $110 million was all that could be spent this year. Committee Chairman Dante Fascell, a Florida Democrat, called this reasoning "stupid," and his committee voted the full $366 million. Spiers conceded that Congress had not been denying any embassy security-fund requests and added: "The sins of omission certainly have to be placed on us and not on the committee...