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  • As for Pa's papers, they can have the bloody lot, and those damned-fool toy soldiers.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • Dwight Eisenhower called his appointment of Warren "the biggest damned-fool mistake I ever made."

    A Brewing Court Battle 2009

  • Little wonder Eisenhower ruefully remarked about his decision to nominate Warren for the Chief Justice vacancy that it was "the biggest damned-fool mistake I ever made".

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Like Schumacher, she transcended what Derrick described as that 'damned-fool dichotomy of left and right, Labour or Tory' and played a significant and largely unsung part in the rise of the ecological movement.

    The Education of E. F. Schumacher 2007

  • The king, after all, did not conduct all of his business while seated upon a throne; that was for more stately affairs than the relatively simple task of sending a reluctant squire on some damned-fool mission that would likely get him killed.

    Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001

  • The king, after all, did not conduct all of his business while seated upon a throne; that was for more stately affairs than the relatively simple task of sending a reluctant squire on some damned-fool mission that would likely get him killed.

    Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001

  • The king, after all, did not conduct all of his business while seated upon a throne; that was for more stately affairs than the relatively simple task of sending a reluctant squire on some damned-fool mission that would likely get him killed.

    Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001

  • It made the PRC unhappy, and you couldn't let some damned-fool "principle" get in the way of international reality.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • Just because you think I'm a dumb American housewife, you think you can push me around and scare me into signing that damned-fool confession that I'm some kind of idiot spy.

    The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

  • It could be a damned-fool idea, but he owed something to Martin, and to Faith, and to the poor, unsuspecting aliens.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

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