Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...biggest single problem, say railroadmen, is the archaic system of regulations enforced by Interstate Commerce Commission. Says Pittsburgh & Lake Erie President John W. Barriger: "The ICC's current rules are as economically stupid as 18th century medicine. They are killing the railroads. If General Motors had to wear our uniform in this league, it would be busted in two years...
...sorriest aspect of Uncle Willie is not that its story makes Abie's Irish Rose seem positively avantgarde; it is not even its stale and stupid quips, but rather its greasy benevolence. Fairly often, to be sure. Actor Skulnik shakes himself free from it: with a demonstration of how to walk so that shoes will not wear out, with a tale of how each month his landlord pays him rent, with a mere shrug or grunt or monosyllable, he can be a delight. But oftener he struggles, like a boxer, to outpoint his material, or like a magician...
...skeleton in all things revealed, and that fiend Doubt become our fireside companion." A bit morbid, perhaps, but still more acute than anything young Henry had yet written. She could also be cattily tart. After seeing Victoria before she became Queen. Fanny set down: "A short, thick, commonplace, stupid-looking girl . . . without even a good complexion...
...prices, Harl is afraid they'll scare some people away. "But we've put a price card in the window, and if people come in here and make themselves look stupid, it's all right with me." Ukrainian coffee, at 75 cents, is the most expensive, and American coffee, at 30 cents, is the least...
Justified Mistake. The first Soviet intervention in Budapest, which led to the shooting down of workers, Tito called "absolutely wrong," brought on by stupid Stalinists not giving in to legitimate complaints. But later "reactionary elements interfered . . -. an unleashed fascist reactionary mob . . . killed Communists." It was "clear that a horrible massacre, a horrible civil war would result ... in which Socialism [Soviet variety] might be completely buried." Thus the second "Soviet intervention" with tanks to shoot down the rebels was "completely justified." It was also a "mistake": some Kremlinists "still believe that military strength solves everything. But just see how a bare...