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Word: stupid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...image used to be that of a wealthy country, a model of democracy, an example of the highest ideals-in spite of racial discrimination. Now all of this is tarnished. By taking sides in the Falklands dispute, the U.S. has supported a tradition of evil and stupid pride. The U.S. is a betrayer of justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 19, 1982 | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

...Beirut, P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat was quoted by a leftist newspaper as comparing himself with the wartime Winston Churchill. "Why do you say that I will leave Beirut?" Arafat demanded. "What is this stupid propaganda? Did Winston Churchill leave London?" Arafat's bravado concealed the harsh truth of the P.L.O.'s predicament: there is no place it can go and survive in its present form. The P.L.O. leadership and many of its guerrillas may eventually be given sanctuary in one or more Arab countries, but none was willing to accept the P.L.O. as an organized military force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Leave West Beirut! | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...make every effort to consolidate control of the nation's highways, where guerrillas have robbed motorists and burned some 80 vehicles in the past two weeks. Instead, the Defense Minister, General Jose Guillermo Garcia, decided to commit crack regiments to chase after guerrillas in Morazan. "It was a stupid, macho decision," said a Western ambassador in San Salvador. "They have to clean out the vital areas of the country before going up into that wasteland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: Baptism of Fire | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...Christian Church of the Word, to which Rios Montt has belonged since his political career went into eclipse after the 1974 elections. "It is difficult to understand." But Rios Montt's critics give him grudging respect. "He might be crazy," admits one. "But he isn't stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: God's Man on Horseback | 6/21/1982 | See Source »

With that, Walker lunged forward in his chair. "That is a subterfuge that only serves to demonstrate to what extent you are stupid, hypocritical, insolent and ridiculous!" he yelled. Retorted West Germany's Ertl angrily: "I don't take lessons from anybody and, if I may say so, least of all from someone like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Setbacks on a Second Front | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

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