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“Zola,” with its story of a dangerous, foolhardy false friend, confirms that Black women aren’t angry, scary, intimidating or crazy to stand up to white women who don’t have their best interests at heart.

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Or foolhardy when this is a moment when she ought to be mustering as much authority as she can?

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Some concluded it was foolhardy to even consider rebuilding in such a fire-prone place.

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At noon, before government had heard back from Lord Mandelson, the prime minister gave a staunch public defence of him in a move that now looks foolhardy.

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So it would be foolhardy to say that substance abuse doesn’t play a significant role in homelessness, or to deny it makes moving people out of homelessness more difficult.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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