Word: wised
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...competition and fear of Government deregulation. Fare cutting really began to take off after the Civil Aeronautics Board approved the Advance Booking Charters, liberalized charter schemes that promise to become the hottest thing in cut-rate travel. At the same time, the scheduled lines have concluded that it is wise to show some willingness to compete on price now that Congress is considering a sweeping airline deregulation bill, sponsored by Senators Ted Kennedy and Howard Cannon, that would allow airlines more freedom in changing fares and make it easier for new airlines to start...
Bravo! I enjoyed Lance Morrow's Essay "An Elegy for the New Left" [Aug. 15] very much. While showing the New Left reduced to ashes he is wise enough to see that it may well rise again, as did the phoenix. I was born a few years too, late to participate in the social movements of the '60s. But I, and others born in the mid-'50s, watched and learned much in those developing years. Many of us have adopted the value system that then flourished and have tried to guide our lives...
...also wise in the choice of Fred Pierce as president in 1974. The best-rounded of all the major network executives, with experience in research, sales, promotion, as well as programming, Pierce moved deftly to take advantage of his rivals' confusion. Almost immediately he tried to hire Silverman away from CBS. It took a while, but finally, in May 1975, Silverman crossed the street. Silverman's own success is tied to Pierce's, and, together, the two form the best team...
Indeed, there is probably a little of him in the wise commissaris. Practical Hollander though he is, the old fellow reminds one of the ancient Chinese in Yeats who stare on "all the tragic scene...
...Things Wise and Wonderful, Herriot