Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...avoid this problem by rejecting the institution altogether. He would have us Harvard students reading and writing on our own, perhaps in the woods or on mountaintop. He would have us hatch theories of republican government and generate interpretations of literary works that are unfettered by the latest conventional wisdom or the newest periodization of artistic movements. He would have us think for ourselves, outside the institution...
...power of impeachment which the Constitution gives solely to the House." Because Dash, who was regarded within the independent counsel's office as pompous and temperamental, is a venerated Democrat, he was a valuable asset to Starr. During his testimony on Thursday, Starr cited Dash's "great wisdom," and after Dash quit, Starr told reporters that "reasonable minds can differ." He added, "I love Sam Dash...
...rural Ontario, where "drawbacks and adversity were not to be noticed, not to be distinguished from their opposites." Munro breaks the silence, but without devaluing the style. Not many writers can pull this off. It takes a balance of compassion and detachment worthy of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom...
...explains it as "living--just not the way you think." This reminded me of a sad dream I once had, one that has stayed with me a long time, in which my dead father appeared at the foot of my bed and I asked him to pass on the wisdom of the universe. He thought about it for a moment and then offered, "You win some, you lose some." Hey, maybe my subconscious could make a million dollars a screenplay...
...fellow Republicans who want to turn back the reform clock. The total gift ban, they argue, is humiliating because it presumes lawmakers can be bought for a pittance. And some current committee chairmen, faced with losing power in just two years, are suddenly seeing the value in accruing the wisdom and effectiveness that only a long tenure can provide. They want the term limits revoked. Another idea being floated: a pay raise for House members, something Livingston has supported in the past. But lawmakers shouldn't get their hopes up. Said a G.O.P. official on Capitol Hill, referring...