Word: wisdoms
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...conventional wisdom had been that black self-hatred was a by-product of discrimination that would wither away as society became more tolerant. Despite the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the black-is-beautiful movement of the '70s, the proliferation of black characters on television shows during the '80s and the renascent black nationalist movement of the '90s, the prowhite message has not lost its power. In 1985 psychologist Darlene Powell-Hopson updated the Clarks' experiment using black and white Cabbage Patch dolls and got a virtually identical result: 65% of the black children preferred white dolls. "Black...
...sell his budget proposals. One of those present said Carville pointed to Clinton and said it was important that the President should not become part of the "culture of Washington" that prefers more of the same over change. Clinton has begun quoting some of Carville's latest folk wisdom: "If you never want to stumble, stand still...
April 10: I offer to you My Wisdom. I offer to you My sealed secrets. How dare you turn away My invitations of mercy . . . Who are you fighting against? The law is Mine, the Truth is Mine . . . I AM your God and you will bow under my feet . . . I AM your life & your death. I AM the Spirit of the prophets and the Author of their testimonies. Look and see, you fools, you will not proceed much further. Do you think you have power to stop My will? . . . My seven thunders are to be revealed . . . Do you want...
...hero is no less shocked and outraged by this catechism of concupiscence than a middle-class Manhattan playgoer might be. But because the plague years have forced Jeffrey to retreat from sex, or even from expressions of love, he is desperate for wisdom from any source. And -- surprise! -- Father Dan has some for him. "Of course life sucks," the cleric says. "It always will. So how dare you not make the most of it? . . . There's only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy! Of a corsage and a kiss...
ELLA FITZGERALD CELEBRATES HER 75TH birthday this month, and it ought to be a state occasion. The received wisdom is that there has been no better jazz singer since Billie Holiday, but the trouble with such accolades is that they tend to become academic. A good introduction to the vibrancy, perpetual immediacy and -- bet on it -- the greatness of the birthday girl is Ella Fitzgerald First Lady of Song (Verve), a three-CD anthology from her peak years, the late '40s through the mid-'60s. There are 51 songs, 20 previously unavailable on CD and seven never released before, including...