Word: stupidities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...duty for the moment -- a thin, brittle woman with black circles under her eyes. She smoked cigarettes one after another, down to the knuckle. She said she had not slept in days. Outrage burst from her mouth in agitated spurts of smoke: How could the world be so stupid? How could the media be so evil? How could everyone treat the Serbs -- the Serbs, of all people! -- so unfairly...
...wrote recently, "this will have a far greater impact on the American economy than all the Clinton domestic programs combined. Aid to . . . Russia is an investment in peace." As economics has become the 1990s equivalent of arms control, so the President's informal campaign slogan -- "It's the economy, stupid" -- may now refer as much to Russia's as to America...
...Political Interest: It's the ruble, stupid...
Often, readers do register strong disagreement with a staff editorial. But some readers take that disagreement a step further, arguing that a paper with such a right wing/left wing/libertarian/socialist/just plain stupid staff editorial, is likely unfair in its coverage of news events related to that editorial--or, worse yet, that an attitude consistent with the editorial pervades the newsroom...
ASPEN: SAFE UNLESS YOU'RE STUPID (PBS): Documentary on the safety and beauty of the Aspen area. Narrated by Charlton Heston, with major funding by the Tourist Board of Aspen...