To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic.

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In the last contract they foolishly promised not to close any plants.

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As I have almost no ability to leave her alone, when I had to go someplace that foolishly did not allow dogs, I'd drive her across town and leave her with my grandmother.

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And the IMF showed itself to be a collegial and flexible organisation, not the aloof, rigid outfit that EU leaders have foolishly rejected as a source of help for Greece and other troubled members of the euro.

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If Colonel Qaddafi's state crumbles, the West should not seek to disband his army or the upper echelons of his administration, as it foolishly did in Iraq.

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Some may jib at this Teutonic discipline, which foolishly constrains fiscal policy at a moment when the loss of an independent monetary policy argues for more, not less, fiscal flexibility.

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