Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have said but don't believe that all Californians should be held responsible for the acts of a few, for those who believe that Californians whose "hands are clean" have no reason to feel guilty for an injustice that has soiled the hands of their neighbors, there is indeed wisdom to be found in the words of Eldridge Cleaver. "If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem!" Ruben Navarette...
Veterans of the program were there to share their wisdom with the initiated. As they spoke of what was "fun" about the program, I thought myself trapped in the surrealistic scenes those of us who are chronically late often experience, where you don't have any idea what's going on and people are saying strange and seemingly fantastic things which would probably have been perfectly clear to you if only you had arrived punctually...
...good argument." Some experts blame the nation's colleges for this, saying they fail in their vaunted claim to teach people to think. But two researchers who have devised a new way to measure reasoning power now believe most college students are not ready for mature critical thinking. Wisdom, the researchers suggest, really does come only with...
...COMMON WISDOM has it that the current crop of college students--us--is a self-indulgent breed. College seniors entering the real world are said to be liberal on social issues but conservative on economic matters. In other words, we are being told, Yuppies want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to make lots of money and then be left free to spend it on pleasures and vices of their own choosing...
...philosophy, probably a more pervasive one, complements the goals of the protectors. This theory holds that the whimsical, temporary wants of students threaten the stability and excellence of a university devoted to much higher ideals. Students enroll in Harvard not to overhaul the administration but to profit from the wisdom of the faculty and leave all intact for the next generation...