Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...structure"? Why is it objectionable that our "leaders" are "above all, smooth and in control"? Why are they blamed for dressing well, or for the names of the Sheraton-Boston's conference rooms? Why are they blamed for their home towns? Why does Mr. Lemann extol slickness and worldy wisdom? Why is not cutting corners on quality wrong? Why does Mr. Lemann assume "the bewildering assortment of bureaucratic titles" of our staff is any less meaningful than The Crimson's bewildering assortment of editors...
...School does succeed in giving a clear impression of what Holmes must have been like. Each item has been carefully selected, and the show progresses in a thoroughly logical fashion. This exhibit leaves you with a definite feeling for Holmes' depth of character, his awesome accomplishments, and his profound wisdom...
Moreover, American Jews are far from monolithic, even in their support of Israel. Anti-Zionist Jews are only a tiny minority today, as are the pro-Arab Jewish radicals who emerged in the '60s. Still, individual Jews have questioned Israeli policies. Some have criticized the Israelis' wisdom in occupying Arab lands for so long after the 1967 war and in not trying harder to make a land-for-peace deal. Others deplore Israel's treatment of Arabs in occupied territories...
...miles away from the experiments and responsibility for their accuracy. But, curiously, Watson also seemed to know enough about the findings to be the first to declare them invalid and untrue, contradicting the testimony of an admittedly disgraced Rosenfeld that they were legitimate, and ignoring conventional scientific folk wisdom that failure to replicate results can as easily result from unknown changes in conditions, materials and preparations as they can from mysterious tamperings...
When mathematicians speak of the "elegance" of a proof, they do not mean decorative grace notes; they mean the kind of succinct, one-pointed blow that undercuts one's expectations of complexity. In that sense, what Oka calls "these utilitarian wrappings, these crystallizations of everyday wisdom" are elegant indeed. Problem: to pack one dried salt yellowtail in straw so that it can be unwrapped frugally and eaten over a period of time. It must keep up to six months, so some air must get to it but flies must not. The answer in Ishikawa prefecture is to sheathe...