Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...America broadcasts, British Prophet Arnold (A Study of History) Toynbee admonished his listeners: "Is mankind going to rid itself of two of its three traditional scourges-war and pestilence-only to be done to death by the third scourge, famine? Surely we are not going to be so stupid as that!" With no more war and everybody living longer, however, Toynbee foresaw no way for the human race to avoid wholesale starvation unless it faces "the problem of limiting the birth rate." This could be done, said he, by persuading or compelling parents to limit the size of their broods...
...ultimately, shrewd businessman. The merchant is present in his performance from the beginning, but somehow the role never grows quite large enough. The veteran actress Cornelia Otis Skinner, on the other hand, adds one more to her long list of impressive performances in the part of Undershaft's rather stupid, tradition-bound and yet charming wife...
...firmly supports Shaw's claim to being the greatest dramatist in the English language since Shakespeare-a claim recently supported by his erratic fellow Irishman, Sean O'Casey. Wrote O'Casey in a memorable tribute: "Look at the Theatre as it was . . . So sob-sisterly, so stupid, so down to dust was the Theatre then that God turned his back to it, made for Shaw, caught him by the beard, saying, 'Go up, my Irish son, and show, Shaw, what my Theatre should...
...checks. "I would say, 'Is everything all right?' and Orv would say, 'Don't worry about a thing.'" Epping would then appear, cash the checks and take away some cash, leaving the rest in a brown envelope marked "Hodge." Ed Hintz, describing himself as "stupid but honest," said he never took a dime for his services, had gone along out of "friendship" and because he thought Hodge's dodge was "normal" among Illinois politicians...
...this the young man lost his temper. "You are exceedingly stupid," he snapped. "If you don't know what I mean, well, let us leave it at that and trust to God that nothing happens...