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Word: stupidities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Within hours of Michael Kennedy's senseless death on a vertical football field in Aspen, Colo., the cliches--of "vigah" and hubris, crossed stars and a genetic predisposition to take stupid risks--had piled up so high, it was hard to dig through to the sad story beneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kennedy Family: Tragedy Strikes Again | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...which is a very different situation from three or four years ago." Chenault still winces at the memory of a focus group back then, when the holder of a rival card that earned free airline miles declared, "I want to go with you guys, but you guys are so stupid that you're not offering this product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Express: Charge! | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...that Manning would have been picked first in the draft last year, whereas this year he might fall as low as fourth or fifth. In the NFL draft, that means a loss of probably fifteen to twenty million dollars. The agent could not understand how could anyone be so stupid. But then again, the agent lacks the trait that distinguishes Manning from his brethren: honor...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Gridiron Honor | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

JAMIE TARSES ABC let this exec twist in the wind, but she got revenge--those stupid yellow ads were hers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 29, 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...words is becoming more imaginative: Back during the standoff last month, Madeleine Albright called Saddam Hussein a ?congenital liar,? and Tariq Aziz fired back: ?It is she who is the liar.? Now, if nothing else, the two sides are becoming more loquacious: President Clinton called Saddam ?maddeningly stupid? Monday, while Iraqi newspapers retorted Wednesday that Clinton was an ?ugly adolescent? who has turned the White House into ?a nightclub where he plays the music himself on the flute and guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq War of Words Drags On | 12/18/1997 | See Source »

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