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Word: wised (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Henry Wise '18, attorney for the Patrolmen's Association, said yesterday he does not agree with Power's assessment of the talks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Talks Resume, Show Little Progress | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

Long John enjoyed Kojak for its simple, uncluttered black and white structure. No complexity, no troubling questions of historical perspectives or methodological approaches. Simple. Bad guys versus good guys. Black and white. Each episode opened with a violent crime. Kojak would be called in--the bald, wise-cracking New York cop specializing in homicide and a professional hater of a) crooks, b) rich crooks and c) the rich, who probably were crooks anyway or they wouldn't have so much money. Kojak would eventually solve the case in his alloted hour or so and dispatch the criminal by bullet...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: The Man With the Lollipops | 5/19/1977 | See Source »

...color blind, and men and women are judged by the quality of their minds and strength of character. Such a view sees the individual as the most important actor in society and not the group. The College will then be successful when it helps the individual student to make wise choices and to grow...

Author: By Archie C. Epps iii, | Title: A Small Step Forward | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...Nickel-wise but pound-foolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Common Cents Move | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...acquitted) and suspected by the FBI of eliminating Mafia foes with bombs and bullets. He went to Las Vegas about five years ago and by 1975 was overseeing the Outfit's operations in the city. Stocky and short (5 ft. 4 in.), he came on as a swaggering, street-wise punk. Introduced to a federal agent one day at the Las Vegas airport, Spilotro looked him coldly in the eye, stuck out his forefinger and moved his thumb up and down like the hammer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE MAFIA Big, Bad and Booming | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

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