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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Offutt's wisdom on the council's role was compelling, if inconsistent with its history...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: "How Noble in Reason" | 11/12/1985 | See Source »

...does refute fears that towelsharing hot tubs and toilet seats can transmit sexual diseases, but as far as advocating real protection, Zinner's only words of wisdom are that...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Thanks, Steve | 10/23/1985 | See Source »

...human interest, it is the people of the Mesabi Iron Range, who play themselves as the descendants of the Finnish town settlement. There are some wonderful scenes of June's visits with an ancient Finnish woman, picking berries, relaxing in an outdoor sauna, and sharing a mutual unspoken wisdom in a language of their own. The incongruity of these visits, far from distracting, offers moments of genuine refreshing documentary that are welcome relief from the hammering proletarian-minded conscientiousness of the jarring town scenes. Despite its oppressive air, Wildrose hints at an unconscious beauty that comes through in quiet moments...

Author: By Hein Kim, | Title: Woman Vs. Nature | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

...conventional wisdom about New York's Nassau County, a staunchly Republican area, is that it elects few democrats and rarely ever unseats a G.O.P. incumbent. But three years ago the voters of the 18th assembly district on Long Island elected a Democratic women...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Some Interesting Fellows | 10/3/1985 | See Source »

...brothers is Fugard's own. At Yale, as in the original, Fugard has directed and plays the half-derelict, fair-skinned brother. At the outset he seems fragile, ineffectual, on the border of madness. As the narrative focuses on the implications of his relative whiteness, he gathers strength and wisdom. Zakes Mokae, a 1982 Tony Award winner for Master Harold, engagingly re-creates his original performance as the darker, earthier, more mercurial and in the end more freely dreaming brother. The actors' blood knot of decades of fraternal friendship has only ripened their truth onstage. W.A.H...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Brothers the Blood Knot | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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