Word: wisdoms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...exist. What they are saying is nothing new. Many hammers have beaten on the old anvil, but those hammers are gone; the anvil is still around. I am particularly concerned not that they will damage the anvil but that their listeners may naively mistake the hammerers' "foolishness" for wisdom and be deceived. MYRON LOSS Montevideo Via E-mail...
...very vehemence of Mansfield's criticisms stands to the credit of Rudenstine's report, however. The president does seem to believe that diversity "is the substance from which much human learning, understanding, and wisdom derive." Yet the report suffers from three major flaws...
...ever tried to run the Senate and unseat a Democrat in the White House. Dole's advisers remain deeply divided over the wisdom of doing that, as well as over many other issues. The main one is whether to cut a budget-balancing deal with Bill Clinton next month or make it the centerpiece of the fall campaign. At a meeting last week, campaign manager Scott Reed and Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour argued forcefully to forgo any agreement with Clinton this year and urged Republicans to campaign hard against the President's spending habits in the fall...
...could hinge on negotiating some sort of resolution in the year-old conflict. Finding someone to negotiate with could prove difficult. Although Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev has claimed the mantle of Dudayev's successor, Moscow correspondent Sally Donnelly says Yandarbiyev's term as Chechen leader could be short-lived. "The conventional wisdom is that there will be a power struggle between various rebel factions," Donnelly says. "Some leaders want to continue the war until they achieve independence. Some want to try to make a deal with Moscow. Some are pro-Russian and want to reunite with Moscow. But if a leader does...
That's not far from the wisdom Clinton offered at Ron Brown's funeral, when he read aloud from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians. "Let us not grow weary in doing good," Christ's disciple wrote. "For in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Paul, of course, was referring to a heavenly reward. But another kind of harvest must have crossed Clinton's mind...