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Word: stupidly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more would we have to suffer through hopelessly boring special reports on each state's primary. A lottery would inject the suspense and the excitement back into the process. Will the new President be Black or white, male or female, Jewish or Indian, rich or poor, intelligent or stupid? There would be no way to know, and this would make the system truly democratic...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Mr. President, a-la Megabucks | 3/16/1988 | See Source »

...housing, and some of them miss the deadline. They find themselves in off-campus housing by default. Julia *** '91 had a similar problem. She lives at home in Medford largely because her father' checked off the wrong box on her Harvard application. "When he deals with forms he makes stupid mistakes," she says. But she adds, "I probably would have stayed home anyway...

Author: By Michael A. Levitt, | Title: A House of One's Own: Off-Campus Life | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...Israeli occupation of the Gaza strip is "wrong and stupid," an expert on the relationship of Jews to Israel said in a speech at the Harvard Hillel last night...

Author: By Charles P. Kempf, | Title: Author Speaks on Judaism | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...Guess what? We played St. Lawrence in the finals. We lost, like we did those two other times. Now, it's back on that stupid bus. I had fun in Boston, but it's such a long haul. Should have just let us play in Potsdam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "No, Cats, No" | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...before triple mileage was offered to 7,000 a day now. At the same time, triple mileage has sharply increased the rate at which passengers rack up miles -- and free trips. Says H.G. ("Red") MacKenzie, vice president of the American Society of Travel Agents: "Triple mileage is stupid. The airlines have given away the candy store." Agrees Dan Brock, senior vice president for marketing at Piedmont: "There's no question that the move was excessive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free-For-all In the Skies | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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