Word: proverb
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...Says Katzenberg: "I perfectly understand the ground rules: 8:30 to 5:30, Monday to Friday, is mine. Everything else is Kate's." Even during business hours, the genial wrangling over, say, building a studio could fester into ugly rifts over long-term strategy. As the old proverb goes, "Same bed, different dreams...
...this liberal threat. Beneath the waters lies a much greater threat to the traditions of our great nation. For you might not realize this my friends, but these liberals believe that they can teach anything they want, no matter how far removed from any practical occupations. Yes, remember the proverb: Idleness is the soul of wit. Under this license, these ivy walls are stained with the slime of witchcraft, internet pornography and the nefarious activities of the Action...
Conditions in Russia more closely resemble a bazaar than a bank. Industry and most sectors of the economy are tottering; workers are mostly unpaid. Poor people are inventive, goes a Russian proverb, and the poorer they are the more inventive they become. Among the most aggrieved are the 100,000 workers employed in national nuclear plants and laboratories, whose salaries have slid to $100 a month -- or no pay at all for months at a time. So almost anything is for sale. Last year Russian police acknowledged thwarting 11 attempts to steal uranium from nuclear installations...
...piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach while behind it a towering wall of sea waves threaten to obliterate it. That singularly haunting image is at the core of Jane Campion's new film "The Piano." The hoary proverb which states that a picture is worth a thousand words could not be more appropriate. The value of silence, of nonverbal communication, is essential to the theme of Campion's film, which depicts a world in which images and music count as much as words...
...greatest deliberative body in the world becomes a lump of couch potatoes. Already a large loophole in the Senate version permits gifts motivated by friendship. The proper sincerity attending these presents will be defined by the Senate Ethics Committee. Watch out for a tautological modification of the old Capitol proverb: If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog -- or bring a gift...