Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first love affair. There is the thrill of anticipation, the rapture of possession, satiety, neglect, then utter boredom as the bike rusts untouched in a kitchen corner. A new baby brother is expected, but the death of great-grandmother is more awesome. With compassionate wisdom, the stepfather assures the shaken boy: "We shan't die, you especially, that I'll guarantee...
...Wisdom (NBC, 4-4:30 p.m.). Guest: Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor emeritus of Manhattan's Riverside Church...
...provide undergraduates with a medium for free, creative expression," to "bring to a new audience . . .," "to suggest the way toward controversy . . .," and with each such credo the great Hindu Wheel turns ever so slightly on its axis and Wisdom Incarnate emerges in the form of a new publication around Harvard Square...
...then he wet his lips; once he mopped his brow. In a moving little talk, he said: "I personally believe he has filled his office with greater distinction and greater ability than any other man our country has known-a man of tremendous character and courage, intelligence and wisdom...
Holding a book edited by Opitz, Adams later questioned the wisdom of ever inviting Opitz to speak at the Forum, and asked if there is "anything challenging here, anything of value." The Forum chairman then asked Adams about a speech on the "Uses of Diversity," in which the professor stated that in all academic and political areas, "we expect and promote a diversity, and even a conflict of interests and values." Adams replied that there are "degrees of relevance," and referred to "relevant diversity...