1.   I told them it was a lousy idea, but I was overruled.

2.   And most economists, regardless of their politics or ideology, view such tax cuts as a lousy idea.

3.   It seemed like a lousy idea, but the result was smart and funny.

4.   It can make a lousy idea look good or an unpalatable one easier to swallow.

5.   New Hampshire Secretary of State William M. Gardner knows a lousy idea when he sees one.

6.   Panels of journalists are a lousy idea for debates.

7.   Putting off the inevitable while suspicion and distrust keep building seems increasingly like a lousy idea.

8.   Squeezing out the small-time hucksters was a lousy idea, Muhammand said.

9.   Troops in Zaire is a lousy idea.

10.   Who could disagree that teenagers having babies is a lousy idea by any standard?