Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long, grueling process, and each time you [enter a contest], it's a long shot," she says. "And each time you feel slightly foolish spending the money on the Xerox and the stamp...
...foolish. Hockey is nothing more than a...a...Is Melrose playing? Wait. Hold on. Taxi! Hope I can make the train. I still have a few hours. Don't start without me. You're not a black hole...
...that pleasant category would save $25,000 a year in taxes. The dispute is whether this break (which has passed the House and is currently stalled in the Senate) would be so good for the economy that we would all prosper from it, making resistance on fairness grounds foolish...
...below the surface, he was often on to something important. Although some Americans voted for Reagan out of naked self-interest (people with six-figure incomes, for example) and others voted for him out of right-wing nuttiness or foolish patriotic euphoria, there aren't enough of these people to pull off a 49-state landslide. Reagan's message must have had some broader appeal...
...California Years" to "Farewell Address to the Nation," you have to wade through a lot of bullshit. But hidden beneath the hyperbole and right-wing paranoia is an important message for liberals. Although Reagan really is clueless and mendacious, he levels some criticisms at contemporary liberalism that liberals are foolish to ignore...