Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that had accrued unnoticed over a ten-year period. Indira publicly forgave him for his "forgetfulness," then maneuvered to have him named president of her own faction of the Congress Party. During the crisis, Ram said nothing. "Even if you have the greatest adversity," he says with the special wisdom conferred by his harijan background, "bemoaning it will not help...
...Grave. The remark is cryptic but not gratuitous. For the success of Searchers is a fine balance between observed fact and unobtrusive metaphor. The insatiable giant cod who cruises through Russell's pages not only passes ichthyological muster, but its instinctive cunning suggests a primitive form of wisdom, or even free will. Far above this predator of the deep, a white eagle inscribes huge parabolas in a futile search for food and a mate. Russell's details are hard and clear, but the irony is left for the reader to dislodge. The eagle-a cliche for freedom...
...land and water engenders a new admiration for those who have fought for so long to protect their own plains, lakes and hunting grounds. It would be wrong to romanticize Indian culture, but there is something to be valued, or at least envied, in a society that respects the wisdom of elders, enjoys the closeness of kinship, prefers tranquillity to competition, and sees little merit in 9-to-5 punctuality at a desk...
Miss Pollock said that residency and course load requirements could be made more flexible for women with families. She also advocated giving qualified women part time jobs in the University. "Why deprive the University of their wisdom and services?" she said...
...craft and a reverence for tradition, the English theater retains the renown of greatness because it has behind it an unseen but not an unheard god, the English language. This wonder of wonders is a verdant isle of beauty, a tiara of crystalline delight, a font of wit and wisdom, a burnished mirror of the mind. Born to a noble tongue, Maggie Smith serves it nobly...