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...about Zyuganov, and has praised Boris Yeltsin. Yet he also claims that the State Department is not taking sides in the Russian presidential campaign. Shortly after making the "down the tubes" comment, Burns said, "You are not going to see us get involved in this election. It would be stupid, and it would backfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: THE U.S.'S COY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

...think its stupid," said Amy Retzinger '95. "I am trying to study but I can't because he has been screaming. It makes the cause looks stupid...

Author: By Jay S. Kimmelman, | Title: Protesters Rally to Save Great Hall | 2/28/1996 | See Source »

...rerun. But the movie's portrayal of her power-mad bitchiness, even to Leno ("Stand up straight, for chrisakes; you're the host of the Tonight Show!"), leaves the viewer wondering why Leno was loyal to her for so long. Similarly, the NBC executives are too wimpy and stupid to be believed. In one scene, Leno eavesdrops on a speakerphone conversation between network executives discussing his fate. Later he phones program chief Warren Littlefield (Bob Balaban) to reveal what he knows. Littlefield, who takes the call on the toilet, jumps up in panic. Showing a network executive with his pants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: STUPID NETWORK TRICKS | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

...send an unmistakable public signal. You send the Navy to the Taiwan Strait. You don't explain why. You just do it. They'll get the message." Forbes was heartened when Clinton had the aircraft carrier Nimitz steam between China and Taiwan last December, but "dumbfounded" when "some stupid functionary said it was there only because of bad weather in the Pacific." But what if China lobbed missiles at Taiwan instead of invading, as it recently threatened? "Then I'd send cruise-missile ships to the strait--and use them if Beijing didn't stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ABROAD WITH FORBES | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...difficult to understand why Harvard cannot produce thieves who demonstrate at least a modicum of cleverness. Are these students just morons? How can thieves who can pass the QRR and complete a Science A problem set not realize that they should attempt to cover their tracks? How stupid is someone who merely writes checks to themselves from the account of the organization that they are supposed to manage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STEAL WITH STYLE | 2/17/1996 | See Source »

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