Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Americans expect perfection in America. Europeans expect perfection in America. We all have indulged in the game of picking apart a great nation. Brian McGuire's youthful and valid protests of 1968 have developed into a wisdom we should all heed: "Nothing is ever 100%." God bless the American protesters for ideals that the entire world, not just America, should listen to and emulate...
Before leaving for Paris, Heath told a conference of conservative women in London's Westminster Hall: "We face a momentous test of will." The result of that test, he went on, would answer the question: "Do we have the wisdom to achieve by construction and cooperation what Napoleon and Hitler failed to achieve by destruction and conquest...
...system seems out of kilter with reality. What can be done about it? Colleges and students must realize that education is something entirely apart from insurance for a status job. This is particularly true of the liberal arts, which in their proper perspective are intended to instill wisdom and discernment, rather than specific knowledge that can later be traded in for a paycheck. Says Kansas Vice Chancellor Balfour: "Many people are at the university for the wrong reasons?because it gives them a different image than if they were to become mechanics or carpenters...
...wants the arrivé's most inaccessible prize: a destination. His plaint, "I just want to do it all over again," is a caricatured truth on the verge of tragedy. But, as always, Simon pulls back when the laughter stops. His comic mask seems to hide not wisdom but embarrassment...
...pride in pragmatism often blurs its vision of the human values and obligations. Yet tradition counts. The America of Lincoln and Franklin, of Emerson and Whitman may assert itself, and your great country's innate radiant faith in democracy and Human Rights may well flash against the slate-colored wisdom of low-flying polities. The declaration of independence of Bangla Desh is most likely to arouse the people whose inspiring history is founded on the Declaration of American Independence. You will certainly enthuse your government to weigh between a technical sovereignty of a nation and a moral sovereignty...