Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...telling a press conference that he considered his old Harvard classmate (1950) a man of "outstanding ability." Kissinger conceded there had been differences, "as you would expect between two individuals of strong minds." Said Kissinger: "There were some personality disputes that neither of us handled with the elegance and wisdom that perhaps was necessary...
...Lord God, we don't know why in Your wisdom, You been so doggone good to us. The Chinee don't have chili, ever. The Frenchmens is left out. The Rooshians don't know no more about chili than a hog does about a sidesaddle. Even the Meskins don't get a good whiff of it unless they stay around here. Chili eaters is some of Your chosen people...
Political wisdom had it that if registration requirements were slackened to allow students to vote in Cambridge, the floodgates would open and thousands upon thousands of students would rush through and seize control of the Cambridge government. It would be only a matter of time before they stormed the Bastille through the ballot...
...court decisions barring residency requirements for voters and a new registration law have put this piece of political wisdom to a test. Under the new law, students may register to vote here simply by filling out a form. But despite bullhorns, leaflets, and sign-up tables all over the place, the results--like the prospects of a student take-over--have been disappointing, and certainly nothing for Cambridge power brokers to lose sleep over...
...Goodman, his skepticism crumbling, subjects his mind to all sorts of sobering-up exercises: Transcendental Meditation, sensory deprivation and "rolfing," a painful massage that seems to have been developed during a subway rush hour. The purpose of these activities is to shut out the world, to listen to the wisdom of one's body Goodman finds that such pursuits are surprisingly effective-although success can be full of paradox. "Concentration is effortless effort, is not trying, " claims Tim Gallwey, a former follower of Guru Maharaj Ji and author of The Inner Game of Tennis. Goodman gives...