Word: wised
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From the position of an armchair general, it is difficult to know whether an air war is enough; however, it would be wise to maintain the use of ground troops as an option. Doing otherwise would send the signal that the U.S. is prepared to punish genocide only when the perpetrators are easy targets for bombardment...
...Mastr's in Public Policy (MPP) candidate, Wise received 14,000 votes--or one percent of the vote--in a campaign for a New Jersey U.S. Senate seat in 1996. Wise a high school teacher, worked with his students on the campaign, allowing them to create his pltform and strategy...
...reader's answer might be a rapid affirmative. For Margaret does display some narrative traits that seem to demand an ironic double take. She has the habit, for example, of quoting everyone else's fulsome praise of her: "Oh, Margaret, what a great, great story... You say such wise things, Margaret...You're an extraordinary young woman, Margaret." Isn't Margaret a wee bit full of herself? And what to make of this rector's loving inventories of the riches of her church, "the Elsa Van Wyck Memorial Ciborium with Van's grandmother's diamonds and garnets encrusted...
...flattering! You guessed I would hasten to answer. My wife and I are going to Portugal for the break, where I am giving some lectures to wise up the Portuguese about Machiavelli...
...applied differently in different locales. But even as he preached this gospel, his course's sections, our metaphorical states, employed varying grading standards and thereby denied us equal treatment. Perhaps the next time the course is offered, he-and professors in all large classes-will take his wise advice. Jordana R. Lewis, a Crimson editor, is a first-year living in Thayer Hall...