Word: sage
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...Money. Again, they are no more immune than the rest of the country. I am sure faculty wives are just as vociferous about the weekly trip to Sage's as the ladies are in Southie, if somewhat more genteel. Beyond this there are such vital matters as pensions, grants, foundation support, taxes, and the cost of sending children to school...
...flirtatious mystic who, in 1937, left England and Europe behind. He moved permanently to Southern California, where he joined another deadly, though higher-paying hustle. Between novels and essays he wrote film scripts (among others for Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre). Finally there was Huxley the culture-explosion sage of the '50s and early '60s. Often in mousy tweed and what looked like a snakeskin tie, he toured campuses and symposia, discoursing in silvery tones on coming ecological di sasters, overpopulation, Shakespeare and the way of the Buddha...
...fuss over foliage bewildered some natives. Watching the traffic creep past him, one old Granite State sage concluded, "After they go home I've got to pick up all these leaves...
...United Farm Workers claim that Varsity Liquor, Broadway Supermarket, Thrifty Liquor, Sage's and several other Cambridge liquor dealers have either taken Gallo off their shelves or will not order more when current stocks are depleted...
...legislature can feather their nests with the best of them. In 1965 and 1970, the law makers enacted bills giving any legislator from a reapportioned district who was defeated - or simply decided to quit - a full retirement pension. There were no age restrictions: boy wonder and withered sage alike would be eligible...