| 单词 | harebrained |
| 例句 | How could I leave my loving, erratic, harebrained mother to fend for herself? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She reestablished Sunday mass, suspended the use of red armbands, and abrogated the harebrained decrees. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “If it wasn't for your stupid, harebrained ‘project’ this woman would have been retired long ago,” Mr. Levy said to his wife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thus firmly urged not to waste more time with my harebrained scheme. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Her harebrained live wire of a daughter, the perpetual overreactor, prone to fits of furious indignation about nothing at all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A torrent of words spilled out, explaining the whole harebrained scheme. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z That discovery excited him much more than any of his other harebrained undertakings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The idea made me think that perhaps I shouldn’t have pointed that out to her—getting a cop’s attention would definitely bring their harebrained trip into Mexico to a standstill. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Hagrid had some harebrained scheme in hand, which might make him miss Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He put together a harebrained scheme to kidnap President Lincoln, take him to Richmond, and hold him as a hostage for the Confederacy, in an effort to help win the war for the South. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing Juanita and her quixotic ways, this could turn into one of her many harebrained schemes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It’s an amusingly harebrained scheme, but there’s nothing in this moviefilm that matches the elegant social experiment of the first, which sought to explore where precisely American civility departs from morality. ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ Review: More Cultural Learnings 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z The Suitor, where the pair cook up a harebrained scheme to stop Terry’s sister from going out with Mario the Italian hairdresser because, as Tezza states, “Italians always breathe garlic all over you.” From Python to Seinfeld - are these 12 classic comedies still funny? 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z We proceed through Carlos’ one-man terrorist insurgency against the invisible occupiers, and Julio’s harebrained campaign of deception involving kidnapping, theft and a mysterious vehicle shaped like a rolling teacup. “Extraterrestrial”: The girl and the flying saucer 2012-06-15T16:09:00Z Their adventures mostly consist of harebrained schemes and scrapes, and they transpire in the trauma-free neverland occupied by many sitcom denizens. “I’m not saying you’re wrong”: Why Abbi is the best part of “Broad City” 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z There isn’t much funny about the tedium and death toll of this pandemic, so they mine levity from profane harebrained invention. South Park pandemic special: a biting and surprisingly affecting satire 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He has excelled in large part because his brain is simply the most fun to explore, his booming personality and harebrained swagger the most dazzling. The Screwball Poetry of Lil Wayne’s Prison Diary 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z It may not even be the most harebrained attempt: that distinction goes to sleepwear company Lunya, which last spring released a red lingerie silk set named after Offred. Is The Handmaid's Tale wine collection the worst tie-in ever? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Their trip unfolds with typical harebrained hijinks, including crossing the country in a borrowed hearse and a stolen Zamboni ice resurfacer. Actor Jeff Daniels laughs last with 'Dumb and Dumber To' 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z What they shared was that ineffably American knack for experimenting and stirring the pot, for trying out harebrained ideas and pushing homemade contraptions to their limits. Review | A look at the two men who turned up the volume on rock music 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z But his diffuse film would need more heft, or the farcical energy of such obvious antecedents as "Being There" and "Dave," to transcend its harebrained premise. 'Viva' could use more verve in the story department 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Their clear-headed interest in the possibility of producing original harebrained 21st century pop has not been crushed. Paul Morley Showing Off ... Wild Beasts 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z His harebrained scheme is to write a book about the economic wisdom contained in his favorite television show. Book Review: Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics by Joshua Hall 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Though dueling might look harebrained and utterly irrational, “gentlemen were not particularly interested in the promptings and pleas of reason. That is an essentially bourgeois scruple, rather like spelling correctly or counting one’s money.” The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z We proceed through Carlos’s one-man terrorist insurgency against the invisible occupiers and Julio’s harebrained campaign of deception involving kidnapping, theft and a mysterious vehicle shaped like a rolling teacup. Adam Sandler hates you 2012-06-16T22:00:00Z It’s one of those so-bad-it’s-good movies in on the game, able to poke fun at the harebrained Aryan experimenters from a couple decades’ worth of safe remove. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z It's a foolish, harebrained scheme, right out of "Cyrano" and "Who You Think I Am" — and it is bound to backfire. Patton Oswalt talks lying, comic books and catfishing in his new cringe comedy "I Love My Dad" 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Sills, hamming it up jovially throughout, sings the show’s title song, “Oh, Lady Be Good!,” as a plea for Susie to climb aboard his harebrained scheme. ‘Lady, Be Good!,’ an Encores! Version of the Gershwins’ 1924 Hit 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The quintet of unlikely allies devises a harebrained scheme to steal back the tickets by infiltrating the gangster’s underground fight ring. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Smart, self-possessed and yet capable of expressing genuine emotion, her Nancy Carey in “Summer Magic” was resourceful enough to rescue her family’s ailing fortunes, if childlike enough to do so through a harebrained scheme. Girls of a Certain Age Challenge Hollywood 2011-06-03T16:57:32Z "I do have a harebrained scheme to do War and Peace." Bernard Rose: Tolstoy, America and me 2012-12-17T23:11:56Z The scheme is so harebrained that it belongs more to farce than tragedy, but Shakespeare decided otherwise. ‘Romeo y Julieta’ Review: Young Love in Two Languages 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Through a mixture of Cunningham's harebrained storytelling and Price's reckless courage, goodness finally prevails. The Book of Mormon – review 2013-03-21T23:00:02Z Rarely has there been a brainstorm conference so harebrained as the one from which this Anglo-American animated feature must have sprung. Gnomeo & Juliet: Garden-Variety Shakespeare 2011-02-10T23:15:00Z A final note on the Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings’ harebrained presentation: CD packaging has been a horror from the time the technology was introduced, in the 1980s. Schumann, via Simon Rattle, Robin Ticciati and Nézet-Séguin 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z But Ms. Walton, 61, is no harebrained carpetbagger. The New Season: New Museums: Crystal Bridges Among Anticipated Openings 2011-09-18T04:00:09Z It’s possible to create a realistic portrait of contemporary San Francisco by simply listing all the harebrained new-money antics and “mindful” hippie-redux principles that flourish there. A Tech Insider Stylishly Chronicles Her Industry’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z And so does MJ’s brother, a ne’er-do-well who borrowed significant sums over the years from Taylor, then lost the money in harebrained business schemes. ‘A Circle of Wives’: three wives, one murder 2014-03-13T20:16:42Z District Judge James Zagel called the motion for a new trial “harebrained” and suggested that the Blagojevich lawyer who wrote the filing write a letter of apology to the juror. Blago judge: New trial request 'harebrained' 2011-12-19T17:49:00Z Move fast and break things! — encourage harebrained scheming. Our Never-Ending ‘Scam Season’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Sad to say, in his later years Campbell fell for various harebrained schemes to transform mankind and even foolishly changed the name of his magazine to “Analog: Science Fact and Fiction.” Review | Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z That's certainly true of the self-appointed jihadis who, in the wake of 9/11, concocted harebrained plots that hurt no one but themselves. 'Four Lions' Review: Finding Comedy in Suicide Bombers 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z It alternates a limited number of comic setups, often involving unfortunate encounters or Jimmy’s increasingly harebrained approach to therapy. ‘Shrinking’ Review: On the Couch With Harrison Ford 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z There's a comically endearing take on The Tortoise and the Hare, with a geeky tortoise and a hyperactive, harebrained rival. The Boy Who Cried Wolf – review 2013-07-24T17:26:52Z The idea of starting a contemporary art museum in a former textile mill and electronics plant in a depressed region of New England initially struck Governor Dukakis as harebrained. Director of Mass MoCA, Playground for Artists, Moves On 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The worst that could happen is people like Musk have less money to invest in harebrained schemes like "ChatGPT, but more racist." Tax billionaires for their own good 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z I don’t take that lightly, because I’ve worked with other producers — good producers — but they were less enthusiastic about embracing harebrained ideas. Seal on the George Clooney connection to 'Kiss From a Rose' and why singing it is a 'minefield' 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z But her mission is, admittedly, rather harebrained — in contrast to the seemingly circumspect Claire’s general demeanor. Review: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are once again perfectly matched in 'Moving On' 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Probably it was always a harebrained scheme, though bearing in mind the atrocities to come it is hard not to sympathize. Review | The rootless, brilliant and tragic life of Joseph Roth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The biggest endorsement I can offer is that my mom, who works at a church and once detested the show, can’t help but cackle when the gang’s harebrained plans unravel. When the days get cold and gray, these are the TV shows that comfort us 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Some of Trump’s aides were annoyed by what they saw as his harebrained ideas, former advisers said. Boris Epshteyn’s loyalty to Trump pays off as investigations deepen 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Chickie has no plan, but then again, things are lining up to make sure that he achieves his harebrained mission. ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ review: A war story stranger than fiction 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “If they have a handful of just absolutely harebrained folks doing and saying zany things,” Democrats “will be rolling in the dough and the body politic will continue to disintegrate and degrade,” Meijer said. GOP’s Meijer voted to impeach Trump. Now Democrats are targeting him. 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Camping is about improvising and problem-solving through any genius or harebrained means. On a camping and glamping trip out West, luxury can be so rough 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z That said, as the Texas "bounty hunter" abortion ban shows, the current Supreme Court is only too happy to sign off on all sorts of harebrained legal schemes to unwind human rights. Tennessee's child marriage bill pushes another purpose: Gutting same-sex marriage 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Barr calls it “another mess — this one self-inflicted and the result of abject stupidity,” a “harebrained gambit” and “idiotic beyond belief.” Barr Rebukes Trump as ‘Off the Rails’ in New Memoir 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z His harebrained economic ideas are sapping the nation’s wealth. Opinion | Erdogan’s arbitrary rule is devaluing his nation’s currency — both moral and economic 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z On the wholesome 1990s sitcom, Diamond embodied the ultimate yes-man sidekick who executed preppy Zack Morris’ most harebrained ideas. The top 21 Los Angeles Times stories of 2021 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The jilt is as much a part of college football life as the tailgate gluten, the harebrained booster or the targeting call under review. Analysis | In this mad college football world, not even Notre Dame and Oklahoma are destination jobs 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Republicans have derided the billionaires’ tax as “harebrained,” and some have suggested it would face a legal challenge. Democrats unveil billionaires’ tax as Biden plan takes shape 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z In the limited space of this column, we’ll focus on a particular harebrained scheme: recall elections. Opinion | In California, a Gavin Newsom loss could turn progressives more conservative 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The clumsy symbolism — rewarding al-Qaeda’s allies on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — recalled Trump’s harebrained plan to meet with Taliban leaders around Sept. 11, 2019. Opinion | Biden’s exit from Afghanistan has been very Trumpy 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z No argument there, yet the problem runs far deeper than this one nasty incident and one harebrained suit in the league office. Column: The NHL embarrasses itself again as MMA On Ice 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Long before aggrieved reactionaries became barnacles to its abandoned underside in order to spout talking points imported directly from The Ingraham Angle, it existed as an extremely sincere, extremely harebrained epicenter of mindless juvenile interests. Yahoo Answers was the most earnest place on the internet 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z As Screech, Diamond embodied the ultimate yes-man sidekick who executed preppy Zack Morris’ most harebrained ideas. Dustin Diamond, 'Saved by the Bell' actor often embroiled in scandal, dies at 44 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Playing the bright, fair-minded and reasonable castaway, she was often foiled against the harebrained antics of the show’s other characters. Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of COVID-19 at 82 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Worse yet, they believe in the small, weak, whiny man at the center of it, and buy into his harebrained schemes. Ready for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago shadow presidency? That's where all this is heading 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z If and when that harebrained practice hits critical mass, stand back. Commentary: How can a museum think it owns too much work by important artists? Ask this one 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z With six weeks left in the season, the entire NFC outside of the harebrained NFC East is effectively playing for playoff seeding or draft position. Analysis | What to know from NFL Week 11: Carson Wentz looks lost, and Taysom Hill is just getting started 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Not only did they “run a fowl of the law”, Whittlesey says, they “cooked their own goose” by doing something a bit harebrained. 'A fowl of the law': men sentenced for cooking chicken in Yellowstone hot spring 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z “The only way that some of these harebrained ideas will ever reach fruition is if the Constitution is changed. ... If they change the Constitution, that would impact every single one of California’s 58 elected sheriffs.” Can L.A. County Supervisors remove Sheriff Villanueva? Experts say the options are limited 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Aid of that sort will be far more effective at boosting the economy than Trump's harebrained notions about "reopening," which will only cause a sharp spike in disease that would result in more economic damage. Don't fall for Trump's false dichotomy: It's not a choice between human lives and the economy 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z But for me the calm in this anxious time has less to do with the cast’s ability to workout my jaw through their harebrained bits. The 44 best TV shows to binge while self-quarantining, according to TV experts 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Bad news: you are subsidizing AT&T’s harebrained scheme to turn into a media conglomerate that turns 5G subscribers into HBO Max watchers and vice versa. Amazon wants Alexa to feel normal, Google wants its assistant to feel nostalgic 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The barrage ensured a stress-free finish, the precise opposite of the harebrained beginning. Patrick Mahomes erases huge deficit vs. Texans, leads Chiefs back to AFC title game 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z In the new book, which the Guardian obtained in advance of publication next week, Anonymous puts flesh on the bones of some such harebrained schemes. Trump proposed sending undocumented migrants to Guantánamo, anonymous book claims 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Hall, you are far from harebrained in your wondering! About those head-to-head polls 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z But we should not play down the importance of having a president with harebrained notions. Opinion | Don’t try to explain away Trump’s crazy ideas 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s also worth remembering that harebrained controversies like this give many Americans the not unreasonable sense that their country is being maligned by pampered social-justice warriors. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The Republican strategy—to brand the Democratic Party and its 2020 nominee, no matter who it is, a harebrained revolutionary—comes from a familiar playbook. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Coming for Your Hamburgers! 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Once ensconced in an upscale hotel, most everything that can go sideways does as Frederik and Rasmus work, often at cross purposes, to get their harebrained plan in motion. Reviews: Danish comedy ‘St. Bernard Syndicate,’ French disaster flick ‘A Breath Away’ and more 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z I am appalled at the tariffs — I see prices at the grocery store rising because of his harebrained policy. In their words: Women’s March activists on the movement, two years later 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z All his other lawyers followed all his other harebrained schemes – at least until he stopped paying them or they got flipped by the pesky prosecutors. Who in their right mind would replace Jeff Sessions? Enter William Barr | Richard Wolffe 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “Now on the other hand, the Democrats’ problem is they only know how to say ‘yes,’ even to harebrained schemes. Jerry Brown, Dem governor, says Democrats moving too far left: ‘They only know how to say yes’ 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Now Supervisor Aaron Peskin, last seen mounting a harebrained scheme to prevent companies from offering lunch to their employees, is back in the news with another empty gesture. A looming strike over Project Dragonfly is putting new pressure on Google 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z They cook up a harebrained scheme for a special forces unit to extract President Zakarin and get him on the sub. Review: Gerard Butler submarine thriller 'Hunter Killer' borders on parody - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z It may sound harebrained, but the popular sentiment against the Electoral College is strong enough and its foes are relentless enough to make it a possibility. Is it playing dumb or the real thing on Kavanaugh and Ford 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z And it’s a far more palatable idea than the harebrained suggestion that it’s time for America to abolish the Second Amendment. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Yet this harebrained line went too far, apparently. Trump receives backlash for attacking the Bush family, praising Putin 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Even Joseph Chappell, whose plant chemistry lab at the University of Kentucky is leading the project, calls it “a harebrained idea.” Will Launching Plants into Orbit Yield New Medicines? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z He and the Donald, the lawyer who was a mob buster and the president who acts like a mob boss, cooked up a harebrained plan to get Trump past the Stormy Daniels problem. Opinion | The Naked Truth About Trump 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z In the 1965-1970 sitcom “Get Smart,” secret agent Maxwell Smart demanded use of a wasteful and unnecessary “Cone of Silence” to discuss his harebrained schemes. Opinion | Pruitt’s $43,000 soundproof booth demands a new kind of recognition 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Trump and his team, not Obama loyalists embedded in the government, initiated the harebrained action that led to the creation of a special counsel. Opinion | The fault, dear Donald, is not in your stars 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Frank, if you think things look rosy now, wait until Trump's harebrained economic policies begin to have their full impact. Opinion | Democrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Frankly, another fear about a Trump-Kim summit is that our president will shun advice from aides and will impetuously agree over dinner to some harebrained scheme to get a deal. Opinion | President Trump’s North Korea Gamble 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Frankly, another concern about a Trump-Kim summit is that our president will impetuously agree to some harebrained scheme to get a deal. A potentially thrilling and very risky North Korea gamble 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z And as Twain himself reported, the meals were indeed curious and the prescriptions harebrained. In Search of Lost Time in Europe’s Sanatoriums 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z For years he has treated Neza as his personal laboratory, trying a wild mix of hard-nosed reforms, harebrained schemes and fanciful experiments. Losing Faith in the State, Some Mexican Towns Quietly Break Away 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z The vintage format is in keeping with the show’s own aesthetic, a harebrained collision of every possible sci-fi trope from Asimov to Zelazny. The future is radio: why fan favorite Futurama moved to audio-only 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z As such, “Logan Lucky” plays like a down-market homage to brotherly devotion and harebrained ambition that simultaneously evokes grim present-day realities and breezily ignores them. Review | In ‘Logan Lucky,’ Steven Soderbergh makes an antic return from retirement 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Cutting the number of House committees as well as their staffing, along with elimination of key policy bodies, were key parts of Gingrich’s agenda, driven by his pathological need to defend his harebrained schemes. What led to the GOP’s massive health care fail? And what happens next? 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z It might sound like Doc Brown’s harebrained scheme to power his DeLorean time machine in “Back to the Future,” but using leftovers to create energy is now commonplace in Europe. How New York Is Turning Food Waste Into Compost and Gas 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Keep an eye on Wolves next season: amid some stiff competition they seem utterly determined to be thought of among the Championship’s more harebrained operations. Real Madrid’s pursuit of David de Gea and co should be resisted | Daniel Taylor 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z His rationale is as harebrained as it sounds: The state needs to hurry to beat the looming expiry date of one of the drugs in its cocktail of lethal injections. Opinion | Arkansas’s state-sponsored killing spree 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z But comedies comfortably reinforce social rules, Grabowski says: The guy with the harebrained scheme usually gets his comeuppance. Perspective | I gave up TV, then qualified for Olympic marathon trials and got my PhD 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The agency had considered a fledgling — and to some, harebrained — effort in the late 1950s to create a defensive shield against Soviet missiles by exploding nuclear weapons high in the atmosphere. Military science: Masters of war : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z “I’ve heard of some harebrained things, but this takes the cake.” Former Democratic congressman threatens to scramble race for Va. governor 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z And that’s just what will happen if the money is divided equally among the four congressional districts - one of the more harebrained schemes we’ve heard. Mississippi editorial roundup 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z To McAllister, a former Marine staff sergeant and scout sniper instructor, the war he fought was a harebrained mission planned by Republicans, rubber-stamped by Democrats and, in the end, lost to al-Qaeda’s brutal successor. Why many veterans are sticking with Trump, even after he insulted a Gold Star family 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z This harebrained scheme is every bit as harmful to the West’s fight against the Islamic State as Trump’s Muslim ban. Ted Cruz’s harebrained, harmful policy toward American Muslims 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Joe Scarborough calls this “harebrained scheme” proposal “every bit as harmful to the West’s fight against the Islamic State as Trump’s Muslim ban.” Joe: Ted Cruz’s harebrained, harmful policy towards American Muslims 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Ever since Mr. Myrick unveiled a plan last month for what he called a “supervised injection facility,” critics have pounced on it as a harebrained idea that would just enable more drug abuse. Fighting Heroin, Ithaca Looks to Injection Centers 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z But the idea of tossing pros into the games in Rio is both shortsighted and harebrained. Column: Pro boxing in Rio? A bad idea in so many ways 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Total transparency might seem like a drastic measure, but it isn’t such a harebrained idea. One idea to best the surveillance state: radical transparency | Hasan Elahi 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z You do not need to deny climate change to object to harebrained schemes that don’t get to the issue. GOP resolutions for 2016 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z "This harebrained decision goes to show that our federal agencies are incapable of using common sense," Young said in a statement Thursday. The FDA just approved the nation’s first genetically engineered animal: A salmon that grows twice as fast 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement “This harebrained decision goes to show that our federal agencies are incapable of using common sense,” Representative Don Young, a Republican, said in a statement. Genetically Engineered Salmon Approved for Consumption 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z During a 1993 power struggle, Mr. Carto’s onetime subordinates at the Institute for Historical Review accused him of “harebrained schemes, mismanagement, insults and irrationality” as they sought to oust him from the institute. Willis Carto, influential figure of the far right, dies at 89 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z He may have dragged her around the country chasing harebrained schemes, but he was also a charming showboater whose notepaper bore the legend: “It’s Steinemite!” Gloria Steinem interview: 'Activism is addictive' 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Is a dangerous and harebrained absolutism about weaponry really the issue on which American conservatives want to practice exceptionalism? Obama forces us to face reality on mass shootings 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The Times’s critic Michael Kimmelman described the mayor’s campaign as “prudish grandstanding” and a “harebrained scheme.” New York Today: Transforming Times Square 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Littered with bumbling knights and opportunistic sorcerers, “King’s Quest” places a premium on humor and harebrained characterizations. In an era overrun with nostalgia, 'King's Quest' is a thoughtful take on a classic 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In Cambodia, Pol Pot’s brutal regime set about systematically dismantling all existing systems — killing an estimated 1.7 million people in pursuit of a harebrained “year zero” agrarian utopia. Cambodian Orphans Seek Answers 40 Years After Khmer Rouge 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The irony is this: It is the Erudite, the brainiac faction of which Jeanine is supreme leader, that administers and defends this harebrained scheme. Review: ‘Insurgent’ keeps you waiting, alienating non-fans 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Their latest harebrained idea is the construction of a 360-mile aqueduct to siphon off more of our Missouri River water. Text of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State address 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z “We started coming up with some harebrained schemes,” he said. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Kalanick was referring to threats Michael issued at a dinner attended by a number of prominent journalists, involving a harebrained plan to do opposition research aimed at Uber-critical journalists. Execs Like Emil Michael Don’t Hate Women—They’re Terrified of Them 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z In truth, Tyson actually kind of deserves the dressing down — especially when it would have been so easy to find actual examples of harebrained Islamophobia in American politics. Politico’s dopey climate denial: Global warming might be fake because Neil deGrasse Tyson did something dumb 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z “For a long time, it was just an idea, just kind of a harebrained idea,” Lee said. Idaho man creates expanding shoe to help poor kids 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Nikita Khrushchev returned from vacation in October 1964 to find himself replaced by his protege, Leonid Brezhnev, and facing charges of, among other things, “harebrained scheming.” Can Putin Survive? 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z For months, he’d been arguing with his staff, whose members considered this rat project of his harebrained. Can the Nervous System Be Hacked? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Lampert is now known as one of the worst CEOs in America — the man who flushed Sears down the toilet with his demented management style and harebrained approach to retail. Ayn Rand-loving CEO destroys his empire 2013-12-10T14:00:00Z He treated the students to some beer and they abandoned their harebrained scheme. Home at the Top 2013-10-18T01:57:09Z "Every pound really does count and spending millions on harebrained schemes like the cooking bus I think the public will quite rightly question what on earth the Welsh government's been doing with their money." 'No benefit' health projects concern 2013-09-27T06:10:09Z “It wasn’t completely harebrained, but looking back, the business was completely weak,” he said. Wealth Matters: Handling an Investment Pitch From a Friend 2013-08-02T16:19:48Z James Gordon Dies at 85; Work Paved Way for Laser Distinguished Columbia University physicists, some of them Nobel Prize winners, called it a “harebrained scheme.” James Gordon Dies at 85; Work Paved Way for Laser 2013-07-28T01:51:30Z Britain's bomber supremo, , who had opposed the raid as harebrained all along, with some justification, wrote later: "I have seen nothing... to show that the effort was worthwhile except as a spectacular operation." How effective was the Dambusters raid? 2013-05-15T00:10:59Z Some of the manual’s ideas seem harebrained — spilling oil on the road to cause car wrecks or welding blades to a pickup truck and driving into a crowd. News Analysis: Terrorists Find Online Education for Attacks 2013-05-06T01:48:55Z And when you have that much internal traffic to play with, any harebrained programming idea can look like genius just because it received some love from the giant home page. The Media Equation: Yahoo’s Big Question for Mayer: What Is It? 2012-07-22T23:21:33Z Two rollicking victories preceded the ’ Thursday afternoon matinee, games packed with adrenaline and action, wild moments and harebrained twists. Nationals vs. Mets: R.A. Dickey stymies Washington, prevents sweep 2012-06-07T20:29:22Z His mouth twitched as he filled his harebrained visitor's glass. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Barry Rosen, who was the embassy’s press attaché, said, “I don’t understand the harebrained notion that we should not get compensation, and everybody else did get compensation — the financial offices, the construction companies.” Ex-Hostages Keep Pressing for Right to Seek Damages From Iran 2012-04-12T19:00:50Z And we wonder why baseball is no longer America’s pastime — it’s because of harebrained ideas like this one. A convergence of baseball, golf and hockey gives the remote a workout 2012-04-07T23:56:36Z So you’ve gotta believe that any news about yet another possible buyer — however harebrained the news might be — will get noticed. Bats: Mets Sold! (But Check the Fine Print) 2012-03-24T00:00:53Z Of course we resolved to go, although my friend's husband was not in the city, and no other escort would countenance so harebrained an expedition. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The line between a harebrained business plan and a harebrained idea for fixing what is wrong with our country have started to look alarmingly similar. Actions Speak Louder 2012-01-25T14:48:57Z The great reward attracted a deluge of harebrained schemes. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z What a harebrained performance! it is characteristic of him! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Over the decades he wasn’t trying to show us how smart he is: he was more like a mad scientist who couldn’t stop devising ingenious — or harebrained — plans. Bats: After the Series, Appreciating Tony La Russa One Last Time 2011-11-01T17:30:27Z As in London, these shock-headed agitators held high revel, protesting against everything and everybody—now railing, now threatening, but always mustering converts to their harebrained doctrines. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z It may be harebrained or hopelessly out of touch, but if you don’t have a rosy outlook, you don’t belong here. In Silicon Valley, the Night Is Still Young 2011-08-20T14:26:21Z "Perhaps it is those harebrained officers we took from the Japanese liner," soliloquized Klick. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z And finally, it's not fair but it's true that it's particularly harebrained to do all this if you have a family name that is as memorable as Weiner. Anthony Weiner and High-Tech Infidelity: When Is Tweeting Cheating? 2011-06-07T16:30:36Z In the role of Ian Fletcher, the fantastically titled head of deliverance, he fends off potential calamities, harebrained PR schemes and a not particularly impressed wife. Sebastian Coe proves he's game for a laugh in BBC Olympics spoof 2011-03-11T20:12:13Z “Moby-Duck” succeeds as harebrained adventure, as a cautionary environmental tale, as a deconstruction of consumer demand, and as a meditation on wilderness and imagination. 28,800 Toys at Sea 2011-03-04T20:44:49Z She readily admits to a penchant for "harebrained schemes", it turns out that they didn't really believe her at first. 'I took my kids offline' 2011-01-01T00:04:02Z This is a much more important story than that harebrained harassing phone call by Virginia Thomas to Anita Hill. Secret memo displays corporate and media tentacles of the Kochtopus 2010-10-21T21:15:00Z If you were a liberal and you were not for him, that deviation was always . . . linked to politically empty harebrained femininity.” Sexual Politics 2010-09-19T04:10:00Z She inquired stonily what this had to do with helping me, while I squirmed in my seat, wondering what I was doing with this harebrained pair. My Life in Therapy 2010-08-06T12:00:00Z Bush communications disaster, when he acknowledged the economic troubles of the '90s with the harebrained reassurance: "Message: I care." Can Obama have an Oklahoma City moment? 2010-06-15T20:16:00Z This is the work of a spiteful enemy, Donald; not that of any friend, however harebrained. Stranded in Arcady I know of whom you speak," said Tyrrel—"that harebrained enthusiast Butler. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "I fear that Colonel Burr has been plying you with his harebrained schemes." A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois To dare is often the impulse of selfish ambition or harebrained valor: to forbear is at times the proof of real greatness. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools "It works," Troy yelled, pounding his partner on the back, "you harebrained son of an engineer, it works." The Thirst Quenchers And thus terminated the harebrained attempt to march five hundred riotous men through the city directly in front of the Préfecture, where lay unlimited reserves, civil and military, under arms. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life No. I'm not going to use it on any such harebrained scheme as that. This One Problem I have been represented to Europe as a harebrained, scheming, military adventurer, idle, worthless, a drunkard, and heaps of other things. The Traitors The butchers about him could not quite understand these novel methods: but they saw with envy that the harebrained fellow was selling all his meat. Robin Hood A couple of my harebrained kids have come up with an idea that makes sense and looks like it might salvage a lot of lost water. The Thirst Quenchers To hide himself in jungles, to be heard of only by his harebrained exploits! The Place of Honeymoons You know what a harebrained fellow he is. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley True, some of this company here, suffering from swelled-head, the harebrained impetuosity of youth, or judging that to them alone had been bequeathed the secret of all requisite reforms, advanced theories of their own composing. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers The young farmer, with his hired boy and the harebrained, Irish setter, chanced to come by through the woods, and to notice that the corn was moving although there was no wind. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Would he be likely, even if he approved of the general aim, to sanction such a harebrained piece of folly? The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct Somebody called to him, and from his door he beheld the last stages of Flagg’s harebrained exploit, a veritable touch-and-go with death. Joan of Arc of the North Woods If he hadn't tried that harebrained sudden deceleration.... Slingshot "It is a harebrained, dangerous scheme," began Drew; then he switched to a question. Rebel Spurs With the young farmer, the hired boy, the harebrained Irish setter, and the wise little black and white mongrel, came also the young schoolmaster of the settlement, who boarded at the farm. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Bee—“to hae a bee in one's bonnet,” to be harebrained. St. Ronan's Well "I don't know what sort of harebrained idea has gotten into their feeble minds," said Placer. Rebels of the Red Planet And who have hard hearts and obdurate minds, But vicious, harebrained, and illiterate hinds? Hero and Leander It would be for the benefit of my cousin--who is a good lad, but harebrained, and without ballast--for you to go with him. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century The Irish setter was a wild, undisciplined pup, harebrained and headlong after the manner of his breed. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life That is what I thought as I watched him, and Boston's vague scheme became harebrained in my eyes. The Blood Ship Dr. Surtaine saw, in retrospect and in prospect, his son being led astray into various radical and harebrained vagaries of journalism. The Clarion Then followed an act of heroism and harebrained enterprise which is now the talk of the whole army. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Their fall to destitution was worthy of the harebrained design, the bungling conduct, of Ned; the childish inexperience, the blind confidence, of Madge. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. The latter, being young and properly harebrained, and aware of his present advantage, now came back by a great circle, and fell to browsing again on the birch-twigs. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life If he had come to me that night, or afterwards, with a scheme for taking the ship, I should have joined in straightway, no matter how harebrained it might seem. The Blood Ship When he had begun talking of revolutions to Madame Mayer and to half-a-dozen harebrained youths, of whom Gouache the painter was one, he had not really the slightest idea of accomplishing anything. Saracinesca To entrench themselves was impossible in the circumstances, as they had been told by the Admiral before they started on this harebrained adventure. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean I think they were not displeased at their discovery by the sentinel, which gave them an excuse for a harebrained onset ahorse, in place of the tedious manoeuvre afoot that had been planned. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Livingston's emotions were varied: admiration for Neil's harebrained but successful ruse, distaste for the sorry part taken by himself in the affair, and amusement over the coming amazement and discomfiture of the enemy were mingled. Behind the line A story of college life and football He was the ringleader of all holiday sports, and midnight gambols; ready for all kinds of mischievous pranks, and harebrained adventures. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists This harebrained carriage obliged them to consider seriously what was to be done. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) A democracy is the most absurd constitution, productive of anarchy and mischief, which must always happen when the government of a nation depends upon the caprice of the ignorant, harebrained vulgar. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Well, one September, as I told you, young Arthur comes to Doncaster, having decided all of a sudden, in his harebrained way, that he would go to the races. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Maenck, leaning from the window, heard the scream and the splash, and jumped to the conclusion that both the king and the princess had attempted to make their escape in this harebrained way. The Mad King His enemies, bent on ruining the enterprise, had given out that he was embarked on a harebrained venture, from which he would never return. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 Monsieur Clifford is so perfectly harebrained," she smiled, "it is embarrassing sometimes. The King in Yellow These oddities reappear in his own style to such an extent that even when he speaks a large truth, as he often does, he is apt to give the impression of being a little harebrained. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived I felt sorry for her; yet such harebrained imprudence cannot go unpunished. Old Calabria He passed for a man of ability and force, but was accused of a headstrong rashness, a self-confidence that hesitated at nothing, and a harebrained contempt of every obstacle in his way. A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II She rallied Russian patriotism to her side by advising that no notice be taken of this harebrained suggestion. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia "The best thing you can do," he said, "is to give up this harebrained adventure and merely swing round through the suburbs for some hours and return to the Atrium by some other gate." The Unwilling Vestal One was married, and told how glad his wife would be to see him return safe from this harebrained expedition against the White Friars, and to hear how fortune had made amends for rashness. The Secret Rose Now this was precisely the sort of harebrained exploit which delights a Cuban audience. Rainbow's End He evidently regards it as your special mission to get into harebrained scrapes. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus The Christian cavaliers well knew the harebrained valor of Hernan, yet not one hesitated to step forward. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada It also was the work of a woodchuck, a well-meaning friendly neighbor, but a harebrained youngster whose skin in the form of a whiplash was now developing higher horse-power in the Olifant working team. Wild Animals I Have Known Rafe, reckless and harebrained as he was, flew over the logs as sure-footed as a goat. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret They had all been recently bitten by harebrained inventors. Put Yourself in His Place You need not be afraid of neglecting your duty or of getting out of the way of risking your life in harebrained ventures, for there will be no fighting till the spring. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus In this harebrained exploit we are told that he was taken prisoner and carried to the keeper's lodge, where he remained all night in doleful captivity. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Possibly some reckless Mainprice or harebrained Boole had opened it in a fit of mad excitement induced by the news of the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815, and had been instantly expelled from the firm. Something New Gay, handsome young cavaliers as they were, filled with the pride of family, Bucky thought them almost ideal companions for such a harebrained adventure as this. Bucky O'Connor |
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