Word: stupidity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
State Senator George J. Evans (Rep-Middlesex), chairman of the joint legislative committee on education, yesterday denounced as "senseless and stupid" proposed anti Communist legislation now before his committee...
Referring to House Bills 145 and 146 aimed at alleged Communists in Massachusetts educational institutions. Evans charged, "Everybody in his right mind knows they're rather stupid, senseless things...
...they ran up against a check point where they could not give the password, and the jig was up. Workers Like Ants. Punishment was light-their shoes were confiscated for two days, during which they had to march. The Reds' view was that the escape try had been stupid rather than criminal. One officer explained: "Of course, you're fresh from colonial slavery and you don't understand. You're like children. Later you'll learn it's our policy to release prisoners as soon as they have been taught the righteousness...
...criticism from Eisenhower, Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law, attacked the President's Attorney General, Herbert A. Brownell, whom he felt helped formulate the proposal. "It's the old story of Brownell trying to be a bright lawyer and a smart politician; as a result being a stupid lawyer and a clumsy politician...
...white-haired lawyer from Wall Street sat in a straw hut at Panmunjom last week, while Chinese and North Korean Communists on the other side of the table paid him their respects. "Warmonger! Liar! Rogue! Slicker!" they cried. "You are bloody-handed, deceitful, stupid. We must warn you to behave!" The American leaned back and laughed...