Word: wisely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...person who buys a drink of liquor from, a bootlegger and does not make a report to the authorities has committed a felony and is equally guilty as the person making the sale. . . . Whether it was wise to make hundreds of thousands or even millions of people of the U. S. felons in the eyes of the law is a matter addressed not to this court but to Congress. . . . The wisdom of the law is one thing, the constitutionality is another...
...best ways to make the dining halls attractive is to have the breakfast hour as long as possible. The House masters have been wise in using their influence to have breakfast extend over a much longer period than is the case at the Freshman Halls and their decision to make the service rather informal at this time would seem to make this possible without greatly increasing the cost. Breakfast will undeniably be the most convenient meal to take in the House and every effort should be made to make the meal as attractive as possible...
Sages. Many were the self-proclaimed sages who declared they had predicted the break. But outstanding Wise Man was Roger W. Babson who, after a record of much unsuccessful seering, publicly forecast the decline, although instead of his break of "60-80 points," the industrial average dropped 183 (according to Prof. Irving Fisher's index of 50 most active industrials). Quickly capitalized was Seer Babson's accuracy, as were Wag Cantor's losses. Newsstands displayed for $3 a pamphlet giving Babsonic market recommendations. A long silent sage, John Moody, late last week predicted the break was over, that 1930 would...
...WISE CHILD?Suburban laugh fest...
Perhaps the engineers of the plan were wise in keeping the mob at bay, knowing that the flattery of being allowed to join the elect would dim the judgement of the fawning majority and insure a complete subjection to the wills of those that rule...