Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MONTHS ago, when Paul Simon entered the presidential race, the prevailing wisdom among political pundits was that the 58-year-old, first-term Illinois Senator's horn-rimmed glasses, massive earlobes, and trademark bow tie made him unelectable. His unabashed New Deal liberalism wouldn't sell in these budget-cutting times, everyone was sure...
...year-old warrior who reports that he once lived on Atlantis. He has even dictated a book, I Am Ramtha, published in Portland, Ore., by Beyond Words Publishing and illustrated with photographs of Knight going into a trance on The Merv Griffin Show. Sample words of Ramthan wisdom: "Who be I? I am a notorious entity. I have that which is called a reputation. Know you what that is? Controversial, and I do what I say I do. What I am here to do is not to change people's minds, only to engage them and allow the wonderments...
...overly impressed with paper credentials? An intellectually insecure candidate who genuflects before Harvard degrees or military uniforms may find himself spending four years in office wondering why a tumultuous world refuses to conform to the ersatz wisdom of his White House experts...
...even in this Spielberg war, wisdom brings bitter lessons. It teaches Jim that he may -- must -- filch food from the dying and take shoes from the dead. When P-51s zoom above him, the plane-crazy boy crash-dives into delirium; his dreams have singed him by flying too close, poisoned him with their oil and cordite. Alone with an ailing woman (Miranda Richardson), who stokes his first erotic fantasies, Jim looks up and sees the atomic blast over Hiroshima as a blazing crystal vision. Even at the end, when a plane drops bundles of Spam and Luckies like...
...everything from taxes to funding of SDI and the Nicaraguan rebels. But as the end of his presidency approaches, Reagan seems to regard the INF treaty as his legacy to history and a vindication of his whole approach to foreign policy. Says an aide: "This treaty shows the wisdom of Reagan's tough way of dealing with the Soviets...