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Word: stupidly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...absolutely ashamed of myself now. Because once upon a time, I would do anything in the name of fun, regardless of how reckless or unscrupulous the activity might have been. But of all the stupid and morally questionable things I have done in the name of a good time--and there have been a few--I cannot forgive myself for hanging out at final clubs...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Liquor, Cocaine, Pot, Ecstasy and Sexism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...returns) it effectively rises to 33% for a while and then drops back to 28%. Don't misunderstand. I love paying just 28%. (And at 28%, I pay a heck of a lot more than I ever did when the top rate was higher, because, far from trying anything stupid to shelter my income from taxes, I'm quite happy to send the Government its share.) But keeping the top rate at 33% instead of dropping it back to 28%, it seems to me, would not be perceived by most high earners as terribly unfair or unbearable. It would raise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Modest Proposal | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...comments met with outrage from the public, and he was fired--but without any consideration of the truth of what he was saying. Many of Snyder's comments that day, particularly his statement that coaches should be white to counterbalance the large number of Black athletes, were offensive and stupid. The evaluation of his comment on the breeding of slaves, however, is not as clearly made...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Bearers of Bad News | 11/16/1988 | See Source »

...look at the flowers, snorts "What faw?" and tosses them to the ground. Her contempt stokes Aldo's ardor and Huey's too. As their older friend May (Helen Hanft) notes wistfully about the triumph of love over logic, "I'll never again have the courage to be that stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moonstruck In Lower Manhattan ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...People in the Greek system are saying the incident was no big deal," but other students are outraged, he said. Senior Amy Miller said the frat "probably didn't have bad intentions," but that its actions were "really stupid...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffelton, | Title: Frat Fundraiser Called Racially Insensitive | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

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