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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...help-the-deprived populism and deny-thyself fiscal conservatism. A Harris poll last month reported that 61% of those surveyed expect Carter to be a good or excellent President. Despite that hope, the people are waiting to be shown by Jimmy Carter, to see if he really has the wisdom and judgment and balance needed to succeed in the job that he so eagerly sought for two exhausting years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the Year: I'm Jimmy Carter, and... | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Forgetful of the wisdom and skilled statecraft by which the founding fathers won our independence and secured our safety, and disdainful of the techniques by which all nations−even the U.S.−must preserve their interests, we entered the 20th century largely unprepared for the part we would be called upon to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: America & the World: Principle & Pragmatism | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

Amidst the ringing praise for his wisdom and charm, darker moments in the complex relationship between the European-born U.S. Secretary and the Continent's leaders were mostly forgotten. The much-vaunted Year of Europe that Kissinger had advocated in 1973, without prior consultation, had outraged the allies. In the oil crisis and embargo of the same year, Kissinger privately described the Europeans as "craven" for failing to stand up to the oil producers. He exacerbated troubled U.S. relations with Greece and Turkey during the Cyprus invasion of 1974. Yet, as the Europeans well-and gratefully-realized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Europe Hands Henry a Last Hurrah | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

Ruling South House with the wisdom of Creon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Lords A-Leaping... and Other Seasonal Matters | 12/17/1976 | See Source »

Neither the ethics nor the wisdom of manipulating an animal's genes--the basic units of heredity--was at issue last week when the Med School formed a committee to oversee recombinant DNA research there. Keeping federal grant money...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: DNA for Love of Money | 12/11/1976 | See Source »

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