Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Issue. Nixon's most recent problem is his evasion of a national television debate. That evasion has already begun damaging his image. In refusing to debate, Nixon is heeding the traditional wisdom-that as the front runner he would risk losing more than he could possibly gain. He is also recalling his unhappy experience in 1960. Yet the fact is that Humphrey would be a far less appealing figure on TV than was Jack Kennedy. In addition, Nixon's opponents can needle him, if he persists in vetoing a debate, by asking what he is afraid...
...After the novices have spent an appropriate time at Tassajara, they may visit the Zen center in San Francisco for a test of their Buddha-inspired imperturbability. Ultimately, most of the students expect to return to their daily lives, spiritually reinforced by exposure to the serene wisdom of Buddha...
...been my privilege to appear before him on many occasions. I have also read every civil rights decision that he has written or participated in. Judge Thornberry was not and is not a "moderate by contrast with his peers" on that bench. He, together with Judges Tuttle, Wisdom and Brown form the liberal heart of the best federal appellate court in the country...
...says Rocky Pomerance, Miami Beach police chief. Indeed, the U.S. often seems lucky to have any cops at all. Plato envisaged the policeman's lofty forebear as the "guardian" of law and order and placed him near the very top of his ideal society, endowing him with special wisdom, strength and patience. The U.S. has put its guardians near the bottom. In most places, the pay for an experienced policeman is less than $7,000 a year, forcing many cops to moonlight and some to take bribes. Fear and loneliness are routine hazards. Last year 76 American policemen were...
Helping poorer nations who need help most, admitted McNamara, involves risks. But he emphatically turned down the notion "that the utter avoidance of risks is the path of prudence or wisdom." The bank's governors will undoubtedly agree; they have little choice, if McNamara's first six months as president are any indication. The former Defense Secretary is more available to aides than his predecessors but becomes impatient if they are fuddy-duddy. He stresses the organization's role as a development agency. "If I had wanted to join a bank, I'd have done...