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...heroine of the title story, Sally, is in love with her husband's stupidity. Every time Ed says or does something foolish, Sally "wants to hug him, and often does; and he is so stupid he can never figure out what for." She confides Ed's gaffes to her best friend Marylynne, who giggles with her. Sally improves her mind by taking up gourmet cooking, medieval history and anthropology. Ed is unimpressed; he prefers meat loaf to sweetbreads with pine nuts, and working in the yard to scholarly pastimes. Atwood builds the case for Ed's "endearing thickness" so cannily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Life Studies BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

Except for the fact that "The Runnin' Crimson" sounds rather stupid, the Harvard men's basketball team might be due for a name change this season...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Runnin' Crimson | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

...usual, Martin (who wrote the script with Co-Producer Lorne Michaels and Songwriter Randy Newman) plays a fellow with misplaced confidence in his own shrewdness; Chase, for a change, plays a stupid man; Short is pretty much along for the ride, though he has the best actor's moment, choking himself up as he tells some bewildered children about the high point of his life, when Dorothy Gish praised one of his performances. There is a lot of good, broad comedy in Three Amigos!, notably an encounter with a singing bush that knows only public domain songs and Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Green and Red for Christmas | 12/29/1986 | See Source »

...altered the political landscape, Dole was emerging as Bush's strongest rival. In the past seven weeks, Dole has prodded the Administration to confront the crisis with full, prompt disclosure and tried to get congressional inquiries to move quickly. Defying Congress, even to help the contras, "was just plain stupid," he said in a speech in -- where else? -- New Hampshire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In a Defensive Crouch | 12/29/1986 | See Source »

...Yeah. We're not stupid. There's a contradiction, and we recognized it. You frequently do limited things to achieve a specific result that may be inconsistent with your general policy. That's not that unusual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with CIA Director William Casey | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

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