Word: wised
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...roles with plenty of energy, and keep this intricate vessel moving smoothly forward. Conner Trinneer plays Septimus with a charming cockiness, blended with tenderness for his 13-year-old charge, and the tutor becomes the most sympathetic figure in the play, despite his extensive philandering. Gretchen Cleevely plays the wise child with a sort of Margaret O'Brien chirpiness, which is distracting, but not excessively so; more troubling are the scenes toward the end of the play, which seem to propose the 16-year-old Thomasina as a potential sexual partner for her adult tutor. Granted, this was more appropriate...
...democracy is (or at least should be) based on the principle that a free exchange of ideas will ultimately assure that the people make informed and wise decisions. But that free exchange is only possible in a political system that doesn't handicap challengers excessively. What is becoming clearer with each election (as Ross Perot has pointed out) is that the current election system allows money to dominate democracy...
Sophomore--from the Greek--meaning "wise fool...
Senior lightweight crew captain Ryan Wise concurred...
...people a year fall in the river, so it's not a major concern," Wise said. "We're all aware of it and are talking about it some, but the Charles is infinitely cleaner now than it was a decade...