Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Though Franklin’s keen mind might immediately produce an aphorism from Poor Richard’s Almanac on the collapse of Wall Street in October, one of the other guests lingering at the table might be left utterly befuddled by the cataclysmic events of our time. Adam Smith...
“I liked it because it had definite answers,” Randall said. “It might have been the fact that I grew up in volatile times in New York City, so I liked the certainty of knowing which answers were right.?...
At the start of the 2008-2009 school year, the financial picture still looked rosy for Harvard students. Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds’ recent funding initiative for undergraduates was welcomed by the student body, and hints of budget cuts were still far off on the horizon...
Good morning, graduates, and congratulations. It's hard to believe how far you've come since freshman orientation, when you didn't even know the difference between the historical tyranny of patriarchal norms and the tyrannical patriarchy of normative historicity. [Pause for knowing laughter.] We hope these four years have...
But while endearing, there is something shrewder that lies behind Nelson’s knowing smile.