Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...license to marry Jessica Brown, formerly of the Follies. The special correspondent of The New York Times quoted the Earl as having said: "Oh, I say, can't this be done with a bit of decent quietness, don't you know ?" This is an excellent example of stupid and slovenly reporting. The Earl does not talk that way; the special correspondent of the Times made the Earl say what he (the correspondent) thought an Englishman would...
...Comrade Ratsky and I have been eager to find some results of our masterpiece. We were the first to reach the class-room this morning. The inscription was erased. In its place some one had written: "There's my jolly English gentleman!" More stupid indifference; or perhaps could it have been sarcasm...
Thus ends a stupid prejudice that has nullified many sincere American efforts to foster good relations...
...There seems to be practically nothing this stringy personage cannot do with his feet and legs-they are flexible as spaghetti-you feel that he could tie them behind his ears in a true-lovers' knot if he chose. The show contains nothing else noteworthy except a delightfully stupid trick...
...Morrow. She ended a stupid prejudice by being friendly to the wife of a President...