Word: stupidly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this trend continues, there will soon be no purpose in a spelling bee. When we reach phonetic spelling (it will then be fonetic), the stupid will be able to spell as well as the bright...
...Stupid Wolf. Among the arachnids which do not make webs are the "wolf spiders" or hunters, which live in little parapets like watchtowers, from which they leap forth and run down their prey by sheer speed. This group includes the stupid Lycosa, which, when deprived of her cocoon containing young, will accept a cork ball of the same shape and fondle it tenderly. There is also the jumping spider, which stalks her prey like a cat, and pounces when in range. The jumping spider has the best eyesight of all arachnids, with four of her eight eyes on the flattened...
...some will be items filed further back. It has been the good fortune of this generation of Harvard men to be exposed to ideas rather than to "great" teachers. There have been in the classrooms few men whose personalities will remain to gloss over either the wise or the stupid things they said. But there have been ideas that will last, and that will have continued relevance...
...through his school days; then, just when the rat is ready for his degree, he dies of old age. Pigeons, which often live 15 years, might be better, Dr. Skinner reasoned. Their reaction time is like that of humans; they have good color vision, and are not as stupid as their posturing and cooings have led people to believe...
...Rive Gauche. And Johnnie Garfield. He's a good actor, Danny. He's a great actor. And Orley Lindgren. They say he's good, too, but if I had my way I'd ram that little brat's teeth down his gullet. I never saw anything as stupid as a lousy kid actor trying to talk Hemingway...