Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shooting at him! But I do feel bitter toward those pacifists who made that war necessary and are doing all in their power to bring on the next. I can't help but feel that people like Carrie Chapman Catt, Jane Addams. Dr. Fosdick and Rabbi Wise were the murderers of a brave squad that was cut down before a machinegun nest at Chevieres...
...that was profits. . . . The banker with money pouring in began to regard himself as a superman and soon in his egotism became convinced the Lord had endowed him with a peculiar prescience and ability which raised him into a royally created class, far more blessed by a discriminating and wise Creator. ... It is little to be wondered at if the ordinary investor approached in some trepidation this gorgeous creature, begged for advice and counsel and with gratitude accepted his direction. The poor investor saw only one of God's anointed; but the anointed, none too proud to take...
...North Dakota primary usually lacks political meaning. The voters are free to ballot in either party and their presidential preferences in no wise bind convention delegates elected separately but simultaneously. Governor Murray, campaigning excitedly as an apostle of discontent, had purposely picked North Dakota for the first test of his political strength outside Oklahoma. He confidently expected to turn agrarian radicalism to his own benefit. Yet Governor Roosevelt not only swept the preference voting but won nine of the State's ten Democratic convention delegates. The only delegate Governor Murray got to add to his 22 from Oklahoma...
...performances at the Opéra will go on. After a tense 24 hours it was decided that salary cuts would keep the doors open, at least for this summer's tourists. The music-wise were never seriously alarmed. Their attention was focused more on the Vienna opera, a real throne of music, which was also threatened with suspension...
...need wise, strong leadership and action, not mere words! Are the Great Powers satisfied that they have shown...