Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many of the encomiums heaped upon Kim Il Sung are, in any language, indecipherable gobbledygook. Korea Today, a monthly propaganda magazine, published this sentence: "His unexcelled prodigious wisdom . . . cyclopaedic knowledge of nature and society, clairvoyant scientific insight with which to perceive clearly the essence of inextricably entangled phenomena and ability to compress aspirations of millions of people in a simple proposition ... are his distinguished qualities with which to conduct ideo-theoretical activities." Moreover, North Korean officials steadfastly assert that the world looks to Pyongyang for inspiration and that the government's paid propaganda advertisements in Western newspapers constitute editorial...
...teammates called him the "Old Man", and at 23 he was the oldest member of the Harvard men's track team However, his nickname means much more than that senior co-captain Gus Udo simply exudes a sense of wisdom and warmth beyond his years...
...Rather than abrasively leaving her readers to feel pity for her or humored. Ms. Cardwell made valid points that encourage her readers to seriously evaluate her argument. I congratulate your staff on having selected this article to be printed within the formal confines of the paper--a reflection of wisdom, sound judgment, and GOOD TASTE! Also, in the edition on Thursday, May 12, the article. "Faculty Council Hears Minority Reps," by Michael J. Abramowitz and Holly A. Idelson, and Rebecca J. Joseph's "Black Yield Low Again This Year" demonstrates not only good reporting, but sympathetic understanding of the issues...
...almost every Sunday evening since he assumed power in a March 1982 coup, the silver-mustached member of the California-based Christian Church of the Word last week appeared on Guatemalan television to deliver a sermon on patriotism, morality, local politics and the revelations of divine wisdom. He advised citizens against the use of drugs to combat high blood pressure because, he said, it led to impatience. That, in turn, could produce dictatorship, which, Rios Montt declared, "does not work...
...sequels, the three movies that would follow Jedi, are considerably vaguer. Their main theme will be the necessity for moral choices and the wisdom needed to distinguish right from wrong. There was never any doubt in the films already made; in those the lines were sharply drawn, comic-book-style. Luke, who will then be the age Obi-Wan Kenobi is now, some place in his 60s, will reappear, and so will his friends, assuming that the creator decides to carry the epic further. Hamill and the others will get first crack at the roles-if they look old enough...