Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Named Iphigenie for her mother, Iphigenia Wise Ochs, who has always been called Effie. Widow Effie is the daughter of the late Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, founder of Reform Judaism in the U. S. He once wrote a novel based on Greek mythology in which Iphigenia (''Great Princess") is a noble character...
...Christensen of Iowa State College. At that price it is cheap enough to mix with gasoline as a motor fuel, especially if any need occurs to conserve U. S. fuel supplies. But to build the requisite huge farm distilleries requires considerable capital, probably Government aid, and therefore seems not wise at present...
...Wall Street in the happy days of the 1920's, companies were known by the bankers they kept. Mere fact that J. P. Morgan & Co. sponsored a corporation's securities was enough market-wise to send them soaring the instant they were issued. Since then, however, what with his memories of the Kreuger fiasco and other notable glimpses of bankers at work, the average investor has grown skeptical. Furthermore, New Deal legislation, like the requirement that all private bankers choose between their securities and their deposit business, has severed many a traditional corporate connection. Securities affiliates have been...
Chief Justice Hughes, voting with and speaking for the minority, declared: "I am not persuaded. . . . The power committed to Congress to govern interstate commerce does not require that its government should be wise, much less that it should be perfect. The power implies a broad discretion and thus permits a wide range even of mistakes...
Coursers competed for three stakes: the Sapling, for hounds under 16 mo.; the Futurity, for those under 22 mo.; the Derby, an all-age event which is called the Waterloo at the Coursing Association's autumn meet. "Gangster" was the wise word as the final day approached. "Gangster," said experts, "is the greatest dog that ever lived in America...