Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...town appearance a week. He preaches at least once a month in various houses of worship, mainly in the area around suburban Riverside, Ill., where he lives with his second wife Harriet, a voice coach. Ever quotable, he is constantly sought by reporters looking for quick bursts of wisdom on subjects ranging from Pat Robertson's presidential campaign to baby boomers. Marty writes a column for the Christian Century, the liberal Protestant weekly. He also decides what books the Century reviews and writes for numerous other journals. A self-confessed magazine junkie, he receives 250 periodicals and culls them...
Director Weir has done a fine job of dealing with the multiple demands of the play. With great wisdom, he has been extremely faithful to both the words and the ingenious stage directions of Shaffer's script. Furthermore, the costumes and set-design are convincing and even the taped musical excerpts are only slightly disorienting. All in all, a night with Amadeus is a night full of delights, ironic and otherwise...
...BENIGN NEGLECT of Iran, the recent events have once more made that country the focus of public attention. The President tried to explain his arms for hostage initiative by underlining Iran's strategic significance. He and his aides have been hard at work to convince the public of the wisdom of reaching accommodation with "moderate" elements in Iran...
...name too freely in winning concessions from other agencies, as North supposedly did. "I used to have a rule," says McGeorge Bundy, who served as John Kennedy's National Security Adviser. "You never say, 'the President wants' unless you are very clear about what he really wants." The wisdom of that rule has begun to sink in at the White House: last week Ronald Reagan ordered responsibility for U.S. policy toward Iran moved from the NSC to the State Department...
...Washington, it is common wisdom never to underestimate Reagan, who has defused many past crises. But this one seems different: for the first time, the public is showing a tendency not to believe the President, and the Democrats, who will shortly control both houses of Congress, sense that Reagan may at last be vulnerable to a broad-ranging attack. How can he fend...