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Word: stupid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reaction to the firestorm of criticism that greeted the Greider story was a flat denial-not of the views he is quoted as expressing, but of Greider's right to quote him. Said he: "Do people think I'm a dope? Does anybody think I'm stupid enough to say things like that with my name attached to it?" Greider was incredulous: "Nowhere in our conversations did he ever say a word about 'This is all off the record,' or 'You're not going to quote me, right?' " The journalist noted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Hoist by His Own Quotes | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

Silver, who is presently a chef at the Peasant Stock in Somerville, added that he will not change the dining room or kitchen, adding, "They are so beautiful, it would be stupid to touch them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding Restaurant | 10/28/1981 | See Source »

...neither are they stupid, nor oblivious to funny things. And in People magazine they found a focus that perfectly complements their backgrounds. As many people have pointed out before, People is merely paper-television, with identical subject matter and similar format. In the parody, the Poonies walk on comfortable and familiar ground; they have found a subject wedded to their talents. The glee, combined with the compulsive energy, with which they pursued their task appears throughout the parody in pleasing excess. It may be hard to imagine the Poonies as houseguests, but with the People parody, the Harvard Lampoon...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Wealth and Puberty | 10/21/1981 | See Source »

...know what you will get. But with DeNiro there is a volatility that makes you think of him in many faces and with a little anxiety. In Mean Streets he was nervy, wiry, and speed-driven, in The Deer Hunter aloof and grimly self-possessed, in Raging Bull sinewy, stupid, animal-like, as well as lazy...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: DeNiro | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

Close-Up #3; A '50s kind of girl--Natalie Wood is falling in love with Dean. She lies on his chest and asks him a lot of very stupid questions. She asks; "What does a girl want in a person?" Dean responds...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Two American Actors | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

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