Word: wised
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...called Kerrey's Merry Millionaires. His enthusiastic championing of wealthy businessmen such as Walter Minnick in Idaho, Tom Bruggere in Oregon, and former Glaxo executive Charlie Sanders in North Carolina (who last month lost the Dem-ocratic primary to Gantt) has caused some Democrats to wonder whether it was wise to link the erstwhile party of the working- man with those perceived as high rollers. Kerrey bristles at this charge. "Who was our most hallowed Democratic politician of this century? Frank-lin Del-a-no Roos-e-velt," Kerrey scoffs, stringing out each syllable for emphasis. "He was a blue...
...both, and each candidate vowed he could deliver both, if by vastly different means. For voters the choices resolved themselves into something deeply psychological: hope vs. fear, opportunity vs. peril, a plunge into a risky future or an overhasty abandoning of the familiar, go-it-alone past. Was it wise to put faith in the dream of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Labor leader Shimon Peres, who promised a New Middle East crafted of compromise, or to heed the warnings of Netanyahu, who spoke the word fear 11 times in the candidates' 30-min. debate to remind voters that Israel must...
...think it's wise to conjecture on that until we have discussed things with the students," said Kidd...
...University Hall, the office of Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III overlooks the center of Harvard Yard. On the 25th anniverary of his appointment as dean, the view of Widener Library and Memorial Church from Epps' window is a reminder that the College's original planners believed wise leadership would join the twin pillars of intellectual achievement and religious belief to form the foundations of an enlightened University...
...world's largest seller of armaments and is about to begin delivering 150 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a province of China. Last week the Chinese even had mixed feelings about Clinton's extension of MFN. "Clinton has made a wise decision," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai, but he added that the Chinese dislike having this issue up for consideration every year. "We hope the U.S. side will reverse this erroneous practice," he said...