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Tactical frivolity is a form of
public protest involving humour;
often including peaceful non-compliance with authorities,
carnival and
whimsical antics...
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Strategic frivolity in
foreign policy defines shortsighted political decisions that are not
connected to the long-term
interests of the
country making...
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Silliness is
defined as
engaging in "a
ludicrous folly",
showing a "lack of good
sense or judgment", or "the
condition of
being frivolous, trivial, or...
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Newsnight is the BBC's news and
current affairs programme,
providing in-depth
investigation and
analysis of the
stories behind the day's headlines. It...
- years, the term was
broadly applied to any
American woman who
epitomized frivolity, ditziness, airheadedness, or who
prioritizes superficial concerns such...
- the
expense of the true
interests of France—as an
example of
strategic frivolity), and
France abandoned its
opposition to
Russia after the establishment...
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American writer Susan Sontag emphasized its key
elements as
embracing frivolity,
excess and artifice. Art
historian David Carrier notes that, despite...
- articles. In addition,
there are a
number of what the
website calls "
Frivolities."
Examples include: The
Oracle of Baseball,
which is no
longer active...
- well
known for
performing classical works with a
distinctly unorthodox frivolity,
joking with the
audience and
performing all
sorts of antics. Rieu and...
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subtitle was De
nugis curialium et
uestigiis philosophorum, "On the
Frivolities of
Courtiers and the
Footprints of Philosophers". The work
consists of...
