Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peres wants to secure a complete agreement. He's saying 'make me an offer.'" The reason, McGeary says, is political: "Peres only has a year before the election. His people think that he can gain a lot by making a deal with Syria before then. Even though the conventional wisdom is that Israelis will not support returning the Golan Heights, Peres and his people are gambling that Israelis will support an agreement once they see it on paper...
When called to do so, we must make difficult value judgements about which moral beliefs to impose in a particular case. In crafting our laws, we must throw away our irrational fear of arguments based on religion and morality. The wisdom that they have to offer us is too valuable to be thrown away...
...introduction Thompson praised Pond for his unique ability to "talk about what it means to be a human being from the position of both innocence and wisdom...
...brief respite from their anal ways. Recruiting types in jacket and tie overrun introductory meetings like desperate lemmings, stuffing their faces with finger food while making pathetic attempts to schmooze employers. Aspiring lawyers sit in front of their computers, struggling to infuse their law school personal statements with wisdom and eloquence...
...moment, the current fad for sorority movies threatens to fuse the entire genre into a wholesome blur. Was every grandma a font of domestic wisdom? Has Anne Bancroft assumed all the lovable grouch roles that used to be taken by Jessica Tandy? Will Winona Ryder ever get to play an adult? Ryder, Bullock and Julia Roberts all seem to be auditioning for the role of America's Niece, and as a result their films come off a bit prim. "Hollywood is in a postfeminist era," says Sharon Stone, one of the few current grownup actresses with that old movie-star...