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Word: stupidity (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ambrose's parish in Dorchester, Mass.: "I can see them crossing over the aisles to avoid getting Communion from me. I can understand that. To have a priest drum into you for 40 years that only he can give the Communion Host and then to see stupid Drummond up there-it cuts to the very core of people's faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Church Divided | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

Oriana Fallaci: You'd be surprised how limited the fame of any journalist, especially a foreigner, is, in America. But about success. As I said when interviewed by Esquire, "There's nothing that changes one like success. Success, if you're not stupid, is a marvelous way to grow up. And power. Of course. You lose your complexes and become more secure. Success and power. You grow up if you can use them well...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: A Monologue With History | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

...Stupid Meet...

Author: By Steven J. Parker, | Title: Embree, Ajootian Cop Gold Medals at IC4A's | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

...Caesar now? He once made us all go into frenzied tribal dances of laughter in front of our television screens. People hurt themselves, they laughed so hard. Bring back the huge, rubber-faced dynamo. His endless energy was a war on the static, the complacent and the passively stupid. When Sid Caesar was stupid, he was actively stupid...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: T.V. | 5/13/1976 | See Source »

...personal in their lyrics and musically straightforward--recall the autobiographical nature of early Jagger-Richard compositions, though the earlier adolescent experiences, the arrogance, the frustration, are stripped down and replaced by a more mature, but resigned and sentimental spirit. They are no longer singing of one-night stands and stupid girls, but about meaningful relationships--and not just with women, but with their children and friends as well. Though it sounds a little corny when Richards sings the refrain in "Memory Motel," the lyrics are a pleasant surprise...

Author: By Margaret ANN Hamburg, | Title: Black and Blue | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

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