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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Finally, the British have abiding faith in their "parish-pump" wisdom and ability to work to immediate practical issues rather than toward grand principles. As a people and as a nation they are confident that they have something to give to the world. They are also pretty sure that if the world comes again to dog-eat-dog, the British will be able to dine as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Inventory | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

...battle, the Fourteenth Air Force is a handful of bold-eyed young men, haunted by the necessity of economy in the use of their too-few aircraft, inspired by the genius and unerring tactical wisdom of Major General Claire Lee Chennault. On the ground it is a strange compound of unselfish human labor: patient Chinese who work miracles by numbers and sweat where machines are inadequate or just not available; windburned Americans in dusty coveralls who whoop and holler as they work, spend their off hours talking about home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR,COMMAND,HEROES,CIVILIAN DEFENSE: The Fourteenth | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

...least some exposure should be made, even if before a secret tribunal, so that unbiased records and facts may be made available to those entrusted with our war effort and so that the public may, after the war, have this on record to judge fairly the progress and wisdom of our leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 4, 1943 | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

...adequate hearing to those whose opinions differ from those of the commentators. White sent a sharp reminder to his staff to stick to the facts and to CBS's long-established policy of "no editorializing." He also spoke up in hope that the other networks would see the wisdom of CBS's ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The News, Unvarnished | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

...types and situations in fiction: Katie, the hardworking, self-sacrificing mother; Johnny, the lovably alcoholic, singing-waiter father; Francie, the good, book-loving slum child who yearns to be a writer; Neeley, her little brother; and an assortment of incredible relatives, including a peasant grandmother who speaks with the wisdom of Confucius and the force of the King James Version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: It Happened in Flatbush | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

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