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" And "Re: CERN, some ppl say it's silly to put so much money in something few people understand.
CNN: Higgs Boson humorists get mass following
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In one opinion poll, two out of three respondents said they thought it a silly distraction and a waste of taxpayers' money.
ECONOMIST: Japan��s other currency woes
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That may just be the natural volatility of commodities, stemming from regional drought, short-lived supply disruptions, silly policy or myriad other factors not related to money supply.
FORBES: Top 3 Stories of 2013?
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My maw did not want me to but my da said I could, it was a good life and ye saved yer money, except if ye were daft and done silly things.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Kieron Smith, boy'
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"Putting 125-year-old technology into modern cities is going to create more congestion, dangerous situations for pedestrians and divert taxpayers' money from transit that people really need to transit that is silly, " Mr. O'Toole said.
WSJ: Streetcar Plans Plow Ahead in Cities
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Short-sellers have been slapped silly by the rally but still hope going short is the way to make money, as it was in 2008.
FORBES: It's Not Reality But Perception That Counts
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It means doing something sufficiently silly that it ends up enraging your customers, costs you a lot of money and in general is entirely counter-productive.
FORBES: Coca Cola Does a Hoover
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The crosstown Cubs make their money on tourists and post-college-age fans coming in to drink themselves silly.
FORBES: Chicago White Sox Commit A Most Brilliant Act of Youth Baseball Sponsorship Overkill
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Spending more money than I had to spend put me more in debt, just like my silly intuition warned me.
CNN: Commentary: Is Obama skidding or crashing?
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Why should farmers enjoy special protection? (A silly question, perhaps, in a world where governments routinely stuff rustic pockets with taxpayers' money, but one that needs to be asked.) Another worry, says John Copeland, a professor at the National Centre for Agricultural Law Research and Information in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is that tobacco firms might use these laws to bankrupt their critics.
ECONOMIST: Food-disparagement laws