Word: wised
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...Things Wise and Wonderful, Herriot...
...note that his stands on the Panama Canal, the B-l bomber and SALT certainly dismay conservatives. If his image is perceived as liberal in 1980, they contend, he will be in trouble. Of course, they add, Carter's vulnerability down home raises a related question: "Is the G.O.P. wise enough, and unified enough, to capitalize...
...almost 40 years, this wise economist has been summoned by leaders of the chancelleries and the countinghouses for advice on money policies. He conceived the European Payments Union, which did so much to revive the Continent's economies from the ruins of World War II. Two decades ago, he warned that the monetary system was barreling toward calamity because the U.S. was pouring out so many dollars. Now back in his native Belgium, where he is advising the European Community while on sabbatical from Yale University this year, he watches forlornly as the dollar crashes to record lows relative...
...drives him. Given this objective, Padre, Padrone emerges as a stunning achievement. Ultimately, Gavino Ledda's character--not to mention his environment--is never fully examined, but this is no cause for regret or second-guessing. For once, at least, slighting the whole for an isolated part has proven wise...
When James Herriot writes about his animal farm, it doesn't have the Orwellian bite. Rather, in a series of bestsellers named after the lyrics of an Anglican hymn (All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great and Small, AH Things Wise and Wonderful), the Scots-born veterinarian has painted a bucolic picture of his life ministering to four-legged friends in Yorkshire. Herriot, 61, who started writing at 50, now is consulting on scripts for the BBC, which has just begun to air a series based on his work. With it all, Herriot, a pseudonym for James Alfred...