Word: stupidities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brave Harvard women who have so silently picked up the pieces from their experiences and put their lives back together. And at the very least, we owe it to the women who, before the year is over, will have their lives torn apart by the recklessly stupid actions of others...
...events may be obscure, but they are nonetheless fascinating. Lee dismisses luge and biatholon as "stupid," and for not making any sense. I ask him how much sense football makes. The biatholon at least arises from the context of hunting during icy conditions. And many of the Winter Olympic events, while not as flashy as some of the sports Americans are accustomed to, are very technical and difficult to master. How many of us could negotiate a luge course without getting killed...
...seen people race for money and [wager their cars]. I've seen wrecks. Someone died right there a couple of months ago," says Mackey, 19, pointing to a tree. "Some people do stupid things...
Harmless snootiness, if you ask me. And auctions can be a lot of fun, which is why they have lasted. But they can also be tasteless and stupid, and revealing of us. When we get all excited about the idea of owning a love letter from a duchess to a duke, we ought to be embarrassed; it simply shows us up as dirty little snoops...
...stupid as that name is, it can't possibly be as stupid as another event--the biathlon...