Word: wised
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kanpus, who in the past had been the grim overseers of the communes, were now forbidden to "arbitrarily set output targets, mechanically arrange crop acreage, or rigidly introduce technical measures." As a final insult, the kanpus were told to seek guidance from "wise old peasants...
...light of the world is a daring action," the memo noted. "It is difficult for most people in India to take seriously a claim to religious insight which is not accompanied by an element of austerity in regard to such matters as food and living conditions ... It would be wise to limit the use of alcohol and tobacco, to avoid extravagant spending, and to accept with serenity any small discomforts or difficulties which one may encounter...
...would be beggarly to call what Scofield does a performance; it is an incarnation. Under the seamed cliff of his forehead, his eyes lurk in shadowed caves, agile, probing, grave, blithesome and wise. Scofield's art conceals art and achieves a translucency of spirit that summons up noble half-forgotten phrases like "sweet reason" and "gentle honor." In a superb cast, George Rose is comic as a ubiquitous Common Man, and Keith Baxter makes the young Henry VIII an uncut diamond of the Renaissance new learning...
...timid, dependent, and doleful to the point of martyrdom-ideal for the man who wants to be a god to his cat. Persians (and all pedigreed long hairs are so named) have minds of their own, often forget early hygiene training. Their attitude is "Why bother?" The Burmese are wise, persuasive, and can freeze a fool owner in his tracks with a contemptuous stare and a flick of the tail. Abyssinians, purported to be the sacred cats of ancient Egypt, are strong, wildly willful, almost impossible to discipline. Only insiders know how rare and expensive Abyssinians are; they are often...
...Perle Mesta's fine furniture, but hired Interior Decorator Genevieve Hendricks to help give The Elms a touch of Texas without spoiling the French look. In the living room, paneled with red-and-gold brocatelle from an old French castle, Lady Bird upholstered everything in jaspe satin ("Fabric-wise, I like this room best"), added a cherry-rose chair ''that seems to say, 'Come in.' " The dining room, which Mrs. Mesta had decorated with French wall coverings of tapestry patterns, was considered perfect as it was. In the foyer are displayed some dazzling mementos...