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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years, yesterday described him as far more than a teacher. "He has always seemed the kind of man one would choose as a representative of New England character and culture at its best a richly rounded and winning personality who combined literature and flashing, humor and mellow wisdom, urbanity and integrity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Educator Bliss Perry Dies at 93 in Exeter | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

John H. Finley '25, Master of Eliot House, also doubted the wisdom of these students entering the Houses as sophomores. Describing himself as "a fierce protagonist of the four-year college," Finley said that he has always thought of Harvard's housing system as "letting the boy make friends while brushing teeth in Weld Hall before moving behind the tin doors of the Houses." If putting these entering students in the Houses became a general rule, Finley said he would consider it a bad idea, but that occasionally there could be exceptions...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Advance Standing Plan Causes Faculty Dispute | 2/13/1954 | See Source »

...varsity basketball team can shut out Dartmouth's Glenn Wilson on the "outside and them in the Indians' Paul Wisdom on the "Inside" the Crimson might defeat the Big Green tonight. Otherwise, the team, plagued by poor shots against B.U. last week, will be a long shot in the 8:30 p.m. Blockhouse game...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Varsity Quintet Faces Green In 8:30 p.m. Contest at IAB | 2/13/1954 | See Source »

Wilson a junior guard, has averaged 12 points a game, shooting mainly from around the key. Wisdom, a 6-foot 8-inch senior center, boasts a 15-point-plus average, compiled predominantly on tip-ins and close to the basket shots...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Varsity Quintet Faces Green In 8:30 p.m. Contest at IAB | 2/13/1954 | See Source »

Coach Norm Shepard has assigned probably his best defensive players to the task of blanketing the due. Shifty Ed Condon, who bottled up Yale ace Elisey Morgan, will be responsible for Wilson; rapidly-improving center Dick Manning will try to hold Wisdom, despite a five-inch height disadvantage...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Varsity Quintet Faces Green In 8:30 p.m. Contest at IAB | 2/13/1954 | See Source »

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