Word: wised
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...billion, and all the misery that such an impoverished and crowded planet would imply. Man is still young in cosmic terms. In the time perspective of the universe, he is recent, and tentative, and perhaps even experimental. He makes mistakes. And yet, if he is truly sapiens-thinking and wise-then surely there is promise...
Casting Diane Keaton in the role of Dunn has proved to be a wise move by Brooks. Her past appearances in various Woody Allen films have left American audiences with a very tangible image of the actress: an often capricious yet charming woman who generally musters the strength to resist the prodigal nebbish's amorous advances. Keaton has tackled a character in Looking for Mr. Goodbar who is virtually an antithesis of her previous roles. Her Theresa Dunn is a willing woman, to put it charitably, a closet nympho who repeatedly allows herself to be sacrificed to the discredited altar...
...Things Wise and Wonderful, Herriot...
...else." He spoke of "an exaggerated sense of my obligation to do as I was bidden," and warned present and future White House aides to be on the alert for "red flags" of moral dilemmas that may arise while serving a President. Finally, Ehrlichman confessed: "I wasn't wise and I'm paying the price for that lack of wisdom. If I had any advice for my kids, it would be never, ever to surrender your moral judgments to anybody. That's something that's very personal that a man has to hang onto...
...captivating, unpredictable women who comes between them but at the same time brings them closer together is a classic that you should never grow tired of seeing. With its subtle variations of pace and atmosphere, its precious moments of spontaneous joy and sudden despair, and its wondrously wise insights into the dynamics of friendship and love, Jules and Jim will always be a source of new ideas and fresh emotional responses...