Word: wised
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...sides of the triangle you've taken. Now measure the other side. Now multiply the length of the first side you took by itself. Now do the same with the second side. OK. Now measure the third side. OK, now you've made a clean sweep, measuring-wise. Now, multiply the measurement of the third side by itself. (Oh, by the way, make sure the third side you take is the longest side--that's the only "catch.") Now, add up the first two "squares." Compare them with the third "square" you have, and compare the difference. The difference...
...result, it is difficult to document precisely what Mondale has advised or evaluate how wise his counsel has been...
NONFICTION 1. All Things Wise and Wonderful. Herriot...
...indicates that this time, the Carter administration does not wish the U.S. government to be on the wrong side of history. Despite the claim presented by Donald Zagoria in his article in the New York Times Magazine last Sunday entitled, "Why We Can't Leave Korea," the decision was wise thinking on the part of the Carter administration to never again be drawn into a situation similar to the one which 20 years ago grew into one of the greatest calamities this country has ever experienced. Zagoria's argument that South Korea is not the same country as Vietnam...
...United States has no business, under any circumstances, in South Korea. And it seems appropriate that in a decade which is on the surface so full of political apathy, that the Carter administration is wise to begin taking steps to avoid a situation which required the protests Americans raged over Vietnam during the later '60s. Neither the government nor the citizens of this country may support Carter today, but there is little doubt that if the U.S. were to involve itself in a Korean civil war in the future, Carter would deserve the blame for the kind of mindlessness...