Word: stupids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aristocracy were, though not particularly powerful, numerous and, though stupid, generally condescending; they often had beautiful American daughters. They lived in castles of the very largest size and were much addicted to . . . foxhunting. This was normally carried on in the height of summer (fog being perhaps less prevalent at that season...
...last entry, three months before his death, he wrote: "The one thing which I could not say then, and cannot yet say, is that my chief interest in establishing order in Germany was to prevent Germany from going communistic. I am afraid that our foolish and utterly stupid policy in regard to Germany will certainly cause them to join the Russians and thereby insure a communistic state throughout Western Europe." He believed that "all very successful commanders are prima donnas, and must be so treated. Some officers require urging, others require suggestions, very few have to be restrained...
...When Manuilsky votes with the Russians that requires no explanation back home. But when Mrs. Pandit votes with them, as she often will, that will hurt us. Why doesn't the U.S. delegation send somebody around to explain its insistence on Mrs. Pandit? It looks a little stupid...
...nationalism, a place to which Mahatma Gandhi succeeded. That this substitution was only temporary was indicated not only by the killing but by Gandhi's recent loss of popularity among Hindus. Because he preached communal peace, Hindu extremists last week had begun to call him "the Mudathma," meaning "stupid one." †Until about a century ago, the sheep was customary. The cow was a vindictive, communal-minded substitution...
...Biddle boy [Moncure Biddle of Philadelphia] is quite crazy, fresh and stupid, he has been boot-boxed once and threatened to be pumped* several times. . . . My tail is better but the hard benches hurt it a little. I rub it with Arnica but it is not easy. . . . The only ball I received I nobly missed, and it landed biff! on my stomach, to the great annoyance of that intricate organ, and to the great delight of all present. ... I should very much like a red turtle neck sweater...