Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...critics maintain that he belongs to the 19th Century; that he is shortsighted in world affairs; that he is stubborn, cold, impatient of opposition; that he is tactless ("It is dishonest to be tactful," he says); that he lacks the kind of wisdom which comes from human understanding; that basically he distrusts the judgment of the people...
...people round about did marvel at my great works, for my treasure did grow and did magnify by sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; and my wisdom was very great...
Many Congressmen had grave doubts about the wisdom of lowering taxes when nobody knew how many billions of dollars might be needed for the insecure international future. But there was no doubt that the people wanted an income-tax cut. And there was never any doubt, in an election year, that the Republican-dominated Congress meant to give it to them...
...resident baby-sitter, and in the end he is more or less running the happily married couple and their three little boys. Having harvested something of a general education, Webb is on hand to avert every family disaster in the accepted Jeevesian fashion. Only once does his wisdom and teaching fail: that is when one of the little boys gets a bellyache, and this heartrending dialogue ensues: "Well, why don't you stand on your head like Mr. Belvedere said?" "I did, but I only threw...
...structures estimated at $8,000,000 when they were started. Observed the cautious treasurer of Florida's little Rollins College: "Private or endowed institutions which resist the temptation to expand [may look] unprogressive now, but in a few years they may be pointed to as 'Pillars of wisdom...