Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Laotians seemed less interested in politics than in the annual Phi Mai festival, during which for three days everybody doused everybody else with scented water to wash away bad luck and celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Serpent, symbolizing wisdom and chaos. Most celebrants used buckets; some favored water pistols. Before long, more serious weapons were in evidence, and Laos was in the midst of a military coup seeking to overthrow the shaky coalition government. Wisdom? That remained to be seen. Chaos? Plenty...
...TIME has portrayed so well the image and the character of Prince Norodom Sihanouk as to make additional comments unnecessarily cruel to him. However, as a fellow Asian, I cannot help believing that it would add to the wisdom of the prince to make efforts to live up to the heroic meaning of his name ("lion-hearted...
...TIME has portrayed so well the image and the character of Prince Norodom Sihanouk as to make additional comments unnecessarily cruel to him. However, as a fellow Asian, I cannot help believing that it would add to the wisdom of the prince to make efforts to live up to the heroic meaning of his name ("lion-hearted...
Most of the regular counselors are sociologists or psychologists with a great deal of experience of listening to students' problems. In fact, active listening is probably the chief function of the counselor. Students attending the hour-long sessions hoping to be spoon-fed from a little package of Wisdom to tide them throught the week are liable to be disappointed. Counselors offer no pat answers to such questions as "How can I keep up in my studies?" simply because there aren...
Nevertheless, it is galling to have to rule in favor of a regime as malignant as Castro's, and public sentiment against the Cuban dictator is difficult to ignore. The decision to put sound just law above national opinion required courage as well as wisdom...