Word: wised
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Trench. 43, an out-of-tradition choice since he did not go to Eton or even teach there. But Oxonian Chenevix-Trench, a Berkshire headmaster who lists his recreations as "shooting and general outdoor activities," thinks right about the rites of Eton. He plans no changes: "It is a wise chap who waits and sees." He is for "fagging," the custom that makes new boys the servants of older boys. As for another old custom, the right of head boys to beat others, he says: "If I were going to a school that didn't have it, I wouldn...
...Rico or "place not known." With bitter understatement, Ashbrook said: "Next to New York City, the problems of Puerto Rico seemed to call for the largest single outlay of our travel funds. At a time when we are mortgaging the future, and maybe the hereafter too, it would seem wise to limit our studies and trips to that island...
...According to crustacean-wise Brazilian naturalists, some lobsters swim, some...
...very young"), women's credit cards (men are urged not to argue when the female reaches for the check at a business lunch), and psychiatric patients ("No one undergoing treatment should be embarrassed to mention the fact"). As for those pesky teenagers, Miss Vanderbilt advises: "Parents are wise to overlook seemingly disrespectful outbursts from time to time . . . The parent must get across the idea that 'I love you always but sometimes I do not love your behavior...
...last summer's lows, the upsurge in consumer spending, and the higher depreciation allowances that have already boosted companies' cash flow. Some of the earlier rancor against President Kennedy has even softened, not necessarily because businessmen think Kennedy is a friend, but because they rate him too wise a politician to hurt business deliberately...