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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pray for peace and justice and victory for the miners. Their struggle has been an extraordinary one that shows the rank and file's wisdom and strength. They have resisted all industry pressures. Miners know what they want and what they need. I'm sure they won't go back until they get what they need and deserve. God bless them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Work | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

Maybe-but there are serious obstacles. Though President Carter's national energy plan calls importation of LNG an "important supply option," and the Department of Energy has been approving import projects, officials have serious doubts about the strategic wisdom of allowing too many American consumers to become dependent on the stuff, lest LNG be included in another oil embargo. They are hardly encouraged by the fact that the principal U.S. supplier will be Algeria, one of the most hawkish of the OPEC countries and a nation ruled by a left-wing government that is anything but an ally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: A Fast Fix for a Scarce Fuel | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...undeniable charm, pathos, and humor. The rich colors and meticulous compositions become frustrating after awhile--we want Kurosawa to shake off his awe of the wilderness and plunge into it with the old daring and fervor--but there's something heartwarming about a touch this sure, and the wisdom and taste to know when sentimentality is appropriate. Every once in awhile, this can be exhilerating: a jaunty succession of browned still photographs of Cersu and the company of Russian explorers, for example, would make George Roy Hill hide his head in shame. A "nice" film...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Only So Funny... | 3/9/1978 | See Source »

Lipsky also adds two narrators, who double as townspeople and account for many of the problems of the play--anticipating the story before the end, proclaiming self-conscious gems of wisdom, and providing annoying and embarrassing animal noises...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: The New Old Testament | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

Your confessional on the damage done to the CIA and our intelligence community is several years late. Where was this wisdom when the injuries were being inflicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1978 | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

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