Word: wised
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theology of its own. In The Feast of Fools, Harvey Cox presents Christ as clown and Christianity as comedy, because the world "should not be taken with ultimate or final seriousness." Theologian Sam Keen, 38, pleads a similar case in Apology for Wonder. While he believes that "the wise man is a dancer," he insists that the "authentic" man temper his ecstasy with a sense of timeliness...
...before Congress closed the books in 1958 and before it adopted an amendment, named for Representative James J. Delaney of New York City, that forbade the inclusion in foodstuffs of any substance known to cause cancer in man or any species of animal. Whether the Delaney Amendment is a wise provision or is too simplistic is debatable. It is possible that many otherwise safe substances, if given to animals in grossly excessive doses and by unnatural routes (for example, injected under the skin of newborn mice), might cause cancer in some species...
This newspaper has not exactly championed the cause of John Yovicsin as coach of the Harvard football team. I believe that more could be done with the talent that finds its way to Cambridge, and I think Adolph Samborski is wise to talk about the "program" with this year's seniors. But I also feel that Yovicsin, as an individual, is being stepped on by some Harvard officials who don't like the fact that he was hired as a special assistant at Suffok Downs race track...
Tonight at 8 p.m., before a sellout crowd at Watson Rink. Harvard and Brown meet, and from the tradition of their recent rivalry, it would be wise to disregard Tuesday's results...
...slow motion in Goodbye Columbus as Ali bounds toward the river for a swim one balmy evening. Altogether, Hiller impressed me as the most intelligent person around. He strolled up and down the ice in his huge grey-green parka, looking out from the fur with deep brown monkey-wise eyes in a face that does not look so much lined or aged as well-used...