Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past reviews as having persented "erroneous information in some instances." He said that the reviews attempted to cram tremendous amounts of information into short periods of time and that this could not be done successfully in a subject such as music. "Reviews of this type," Yellin declared, "are usually stupid lists of generalizations which hinder, rather than help, students...
...five percent fare increase demanded by Northeastern railroads is a "stupid and inept move," but will probaby get approval, Charles R. Cherington, professor of Government and former consultant for the New Haven Railroad, declared last night...
...Algiers demonstrations against Premier Guy Mollet. "They wanted Poujade to march on the Champs Elysées so that they could provoke the crowd and smash a few faces. The next morning every newspaper in France would be screaming, 'Poujade, fascist!' I'm not as stupid as I look...
...high police official called this charge "a stupid publicity stunt by a new councillor," and asserted that "the mayor is not a trained law official and is incompetent to handle the police department. Cambridge's crime rate is less than one-half that of Somerville or Medford. The citizens are getting excellent protection...
...immediately offensive because they are types incapable of further development. Edmunds Gwenn, as rabbit hunter who fears he has bagged his first man, seems adequate. All of the indecisive funeral conterie suffers in over-acting, and Gwenn appears the most obvious. John Forsythe, surely the least talented and most stupid of Vermont's 15,000 artists, strains in his attempt to "see things" as no one else in the hamlet can. One wishes he were spoofing. Shirley MacLaine's irregular love life seems of little concern to either Forsythe or herself, which is a good thing. She is attractive, vulgar...