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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fail, he says, if it did not serve the community of men the way a pendulum serves a clock. Barth's theological output is so vast that only a handful of men have ever read all his works. But for those willing to try them, his books offer wisdom and wit as well. A sampler of Barth's views...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: THEOLOGY FOR THE COMMUNITY | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...Lousy Timing." On the wisdom of his timing, Blough found few defenders. Said Builder Del Webb: "I wouldn't think the steel industry used good judgment in raising prices immediately after a labor settlement. But it would have had to come sooner or later." More bluntly, Howard A. Williams, purchasing director of Cleveland's Eaton Manufacturing Co. (auto and aircraft parts) declared: "What's bad about the increase was the lousy timing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Impact & Comment | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

There is the excitement of travel: "Where should a girl stop in Rome?" There is passion : "Have you ever made love to the tune of The Stars and Stripes Forever? "There is wisdom: "For every woman on earth there is only one man." There is culture: the Colosseum, the Villa of the Monsters, the Leaning Tower of Pisa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: See Italy First | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

...apple-picking time - and he no longer attempts the lyric intensity of his earlier works. Increasingly, he is content with sententious verse written with the negligent, remembered skill of a master craftsman. The old man is fascinated by the adventuring spirit of man. Many of his poems are half wisdom and half whimsy, and Frost often seems to be sharing a sly, private joke with God. In fact, one couplet in In the Clearing offers God a bargain: Forgive, 0 Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Poet Laureate (Robert Frost) | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

...Wisdom (NBC, 5-5:30 p.m.). Filmed conversation with the late harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. Repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mar. 30, 1962 | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

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