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Word: stupidly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...compromise. "I would have been disappointed because I worked on that part for three years, and I created it," she said. "I might have disliked seeing another actress taking over all the things I worked out, but I would have gone on to the next thing. It's stupid getting annoyed in this business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Chills, Thrills and Trapdoors | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...retain. The little girl who had seen her first performance of The Nutcracker had been left behind in a flurry of cynicism and years. As I entered the Wang Center, I thought to myself how sexist the once-favorite fairy tale would seem, how archaic, how stupid...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

...write this from my padded room in the Cambridge Hospital for the Stupid, repenting whatever mental weakness brought me into the movement in the first place. I can only hope that the wave of insanity that spread through Harvard in my day never returns' to wreak its havoc again...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Insanity Defense | 12/17/1987 | See Source »

...Saturday afternoon when the sun is out, sure," Vince says. But what about having to answer the same stupid question over and over and over again? "We never get stupid questions," Vince says diplomatically. "We have to be diplomatic. You get question like, 'Where is Harvard Square?' and have to explain, `Well, you're standing in the middle...

Author: By Paul R. Simms, | Title: Almost Quitting Time | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...coaches stumble. Some coaches come off sounding like they got their educations at Cliche U. Others like their previous employers were, respectively, I.B.M., Apple and Wang. Some broken souls prefer not to give a speech at all, but just answer questions with "yes" or "no" or "don't be stupid...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Post-Game Speech | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

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