Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proper advice. Although there are deans, advisers, and proctors at every turn, and professors in every class room that fairly exude knowledge of their own particular field, there are few who possess a sufficiently all-round knowledge to be able to tell a stranger what courses it is wise to take, and what courses...
...Most German frontier guards confiscate sums above 200 marks only from known German Jews, "Marxists" and other Nazi-designated "undesirables." Foreigners seldom have their pockets searched, usually have to show their pocketbooks in which, if wise, they keep less than 200 marks. Even if caught with more than 200 marks a foreigner can usually bluff...
...program about which to be enthusiastic. Nevertheless the New Deal, as fine as it is in many respects, is a lot less than the Christian religion. So, for one, I hate to see the churches becoming ballyhoo agents for this or any other administration. After all, as so many wise ones are pointing out, there is much Fascism in the present setup. . . . Certainly it would be embarrassing to discover four or five years hence that the churches had been instrumental in entrenching a Fascist regime...
...Davisons wondered last week which one had killed the elephant. Mr. Davison, the American Museum of Natural History's new president, had cabled from Africa, where he and his wife are hunting specimens for the museum's new Akeley African Hall, under the guidance of the Africa-wise Martin Elmer Johnsons: "Have organized safari and got small bull elephant; all well." In the Davison marksmanship there was no clue to identify the killer-both are excellent shots-nor in their respective degrees of bloodthirstiness. Before President Davison sailed, commissioned by his curators to include four elephants (small enough...
...reads voraciously, talks learnedly on any and all subjects, draws much of his information from clippings, books and magazines which his employes are expected to mark for him every day. His usual clients regard him as all-wise, even when he persuades them to take courses against their will. For instance, he advised George Washington Hill to make a full report to American Tobacco stock-holders on the company's bonus system...