Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...moved West. She took a quiet interest in the doings of her grandchildren, Victoria, Ronald, Adelbert. She was glad when Mrs. Rosen came over from next door to have a chat. When Mrs. Harris felt that she was going to die. she accepted this fact also with the wise fortitude which her daughter and granddaughter would have to await their own senility to acquire...
This was hedging, weasling?perhaps a wise course since it left open every avenue for muddling through. In sharp contrast was South Africa's crisp demand for "the restoration of the gold standard" throughout the Empire (South African pounds & shillings being still on the gold standard...
Preacher Studebaker had flayed Beloit's city government before, inveighing particularly against Councilman Branigan. Last week Councilman Branigan, wise in the ways of publicity, thought of a way to get even. He announced he would sue Mr. Studebaker for $1, under the law against obtaining money under false pretenses. Said he: "He made a political speech when the congregation were led to expect a sermon. When a minister of the gospel pronounces himself the ambassador of God, inveigles me into his church ... to hear the word of God preached, which undoubtedly my soul needs very much, and then delivers...
...Last week wise Bishop Manuel Irurita y Almandoz of Barcelona ordered all his priests to refrain, without express permission, from attending all political meetings, from "speaking publicly of affairs that foment partisanship...
...time, by making five-minute flights, for the three-gull emblem denoting the soaring pilot. While all motorless flight is technically gliding, there is a popular distinction between gliding and soaring. Gliding is simple descent, like coasting, from an altitude achieved by climbing a hill or being towed kite-wise into the air by an automobile or airplane. Soaring is sustained or climbing flight by use of up-currents in the air. Except for instruction there is small interest in gliding. But soaring appeals to its following as an exalted sport, related to powered flight as sail-boating...