Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...although many cursed the long wait, everyone was on a first name basis with Nelson. "If Nelson could wait 27 years," the prevailing wisdom whispered, "we can wait a few more hours...
There is no way to avoid hard choices. The U.S. will have to recognize that no society can have it all at all times -- unfettered harvesting of natural resources, full employment and a healthy and rich environment. The soft hoot of the owl, an ancient symbol of wisdom and foresight, beckons us to resolve both its future...
...represented in the West End by a new play, Man of the Moment, and a stunning revival, Absurd Person Singular, and at his regional theater in Scarborough by yet another debut, Body Language. All three are characteristically bleak and acidulous comedies staged by the author himself. The conventional wisdom about Ayckbourn has been that he started as a boulevard farceur and turned darker in the course of his 39 plays. Yet Absurd, from supposedly sunnier days in 1971, shows that acutely observed misery and hypocrisy have been his comic subjects all along. The funniest scene depicts desperate attempts at suicide...
Even before the fading of the cold war, the focus of national security was beginning to blur. In the past few years, advocates of softer-sounding causes have been intoning the sacred syllables as piously as the Pentagon. It is firmly implanted in conventional wisdom that our economic competitiveness is a matter of national security. Fighting drug traffic is proclaimed a matter of national security. So is repairing our witless educational system, our unhealthy health system, our crumbling infrastructure...
Minnesota is known for its skillful fishermen, and its Governor has landed the big one, Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet President will stop in next month for some high-tech talk, heartland wisdom and a hearty lunch...