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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Perhaps by luck or by some unfathomable wisdom of these latter-day founding fathers, this constitution is what is needed to solve student problems that are peculiar to Harvard. But this law-making by conjure has achieved just the reverse. Ten years later this product of an elite father and an indifferent mother finds itself in greater disrepute than its pre-1936, constitution-less, predecessor. Ten years in which nearly 50 percent of all members got their start through appointment to one of the unelected Freshman committee and, with this initial advantage, proceeded through four years of Harvard politics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: We Are the Law | 7/30/1946 | See Source »

...that the 17 smaller nations be called to Paris where, beginning July 29, they will work on the edges of the puzzle-Finland, Italy, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary. "It is a fallacy," said Australia's Dr. Herbert V. Evatt last week, "to suppose that all knowledge and all wisdom reside at the center of military power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Piecemeal Peace | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

...good any time, but it's better when you need it." How much he needed it, he indicated when a fellow drinker asked: "What goes on, anyway?" Replied Ernie: "I don't know. I just sit and listen. I know that if I fall back on the wisdom of the U.S. I will be all right. Jim will have a formula...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: The Wisdom of the U.S. | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

...desiring positions on any of the four boards--news, editorial, business and photographic--are asked to report to the Crimson office at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow. The beer isn't all gone yet, nor are the words of wisdom Crimeditors perenially dispense to incoming competitors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stragglers Can Still Catch Up With Crimson Competitions | 7/2/1946 | See Source »

...troubles of man's soul in a sinful world; to dramatize his theology he peoples his stories with a menagerie of sprites, devils, and fabulous monsters. Lewis' latest: That Hideous Strength (Macmillan, $3), third volume of a trilogy* begun in 1943. It is loaded with enough spiritual wisdom for a dozen sermons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Theological Thriller | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

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