Word: proverb
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...defend a broad view of family and community, few in the audience were surprised. "When we speak of families," she said, "we mean extended families. We mean the neighbors, even the community itself." Yet this was not Hillary Rodham Clinton's oft-repeated defense of a certain African proverb that by now even the village idiot has heard a few too many times. These words were uttered by Barbara Bush at the far-right, fanatic 1992 Republican Convention in Houston. Four years later, Bob Dole, in his convention address, repudiated not only Hillary Clinton, but Barbara Bush, when he made...
Perhaps the Crimson should read the old proverb about glass houses, or at least listen to the old blues tune, "Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself." In the same editorial, the editorial staff whines, "The biggest hope for Democratic initiative in the next four years is a jobs bill...." The Crimson is welcome to yearn for the days of the nanny state, but must it really claim that such old nonsense represents the future? Even Dick Gephardt claims no longer to believe in Big Government, Provider of Jobs. Apparently the Crimson staff has watched the movie Dave...
...strategy for Harvard's success could be summed up in a proverb: score unto others as you would not have them score unto you. The Crimson seems to be observing it religiously...
...call his bluff. If we entrust the executive branch to an individual simply because he belongs to our party and because we feel that he will be our friend, who knows how best to run the country, then, in these momentous times, I shall pray the old Spanish proverb, "God save me from my friends, and I'll take care of my enemies...
...thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise." The biblical proverb augured the work of E.O. Wilson, the pre-eminent biological theorist of the late 20th century who has explored the workings of the cosmos from the altitude of anthills. Wilson, 67, has used the study of minute creatures as a springboard for two crucial ideas. The first, expounded in 1967 in The Theory of Island Biogeography, which he wrote with the late ecologist Robert MacArthur, provides the scientific bedrock for understanding the decline of ecosystems. The second concept, laid out in his 1975 book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, argues...