Word: wised
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...uneasy truce, savoring the happiest and holiest holiday of the Vietnamese year. All but a few Americans retired to their compounds to leave the feast of Tet to the Vietnamese celebrators filling the streets. The Year of the Monkey had begun, and every Vietnamese knew that it was wise to make merry while there was yet time; in the twelve-year Buddhist lunar cycle, 1968 is a grimly inauspicious year...
...They have a lot of depth and a much longer bench than we do," Stone said. "But if we can have a good showing goal-tending-wise and keep ourselves close, anything can happen. I am really looking forward to it and I think our kids are well prepared...
...lack of luxury suites and outdated facilities to justify the proposed departure--all uncontestable claims. Fenway's comically slender seats are comfortable for only the sveltest Sox fans, and tickets are often hard to come by, especially in the summer, and especially for games against the hated Yankees. The wise spectator learned long ago to take the T, and the rich one learned he might have to brush up against the commoners...
...also alleviate another problem. This past September, with upper-class move-in on a weekday, students living in the region were forced to wait for the weekend for their parents to bring the majority of their belongings--or working parents had to take a day off. Harvard would be wise to schedule move-in day on a week...
Third time's a charm: "227" (consider this: have you ever seen the headstrong, vain Blair Warren, Blanche Deveroe and Sandra Clark [a.k.a. Jackee] at the same place at the same time? How about the wise-cracking grannies Edna Garrett, Sophia Petrillo and Pearl Shay? Coincidence? I think...