Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...than could be called the "highest common factor." At Harvard it is assumed that this background has been obtained in secondary schools, and to insure this fact the entrance requirements are strictly specified and allow little latitude. The Harvard Freshman is supposed to be sufficiently mature to make "a wise choice" from the many directions which the college facilities offer...
...flare-up of the last decade in public enthusiasm over football may not last indefinitely, or it may come to seem a wise course to step aside from the annual excitement of it and put the game on an entirely different footing. Financial independence is the first step toward such a conclusion...
...Reichstag. And since the cabinet is made up of representatives of various parties, and only those extraordinary measures can be taken which have a direct bearing on the specific emergency, there is no fear of Germany's ever being dominated by a Mussolini. Article 48 is a wise provision which enables the government to take immediate action such as Bruening is attempting with his drastic tax reforms in a crisis while postponing the final decision of the people. It has been invoked before, as in 1924: Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil...
...high-powered Bolero. Prepared to be charmed, they watched the unfolding of his latest fantasy about a boy who shirked his studies, teased his pets. Clock, chairs, teapot came to life. Cat, squirrel, frog and bat took on human ways. It was all delightfully fragile and the more music-wise waxed enthusiastic over the smart orchestration which suggested perfectly so detailed a bit as the Boy stupidly mulling over his mathematics. Soprano Queena Mario, all agreed, made an irresistibly piquant Boy. But the children liked her better when she came out as Gretel, with great holes in her stockings, with...
...withheld his opinion while he began a careful study of the case. Said he solemnly: "If the disadvantages in allowing seaplanes to navigate . . . are so serious and numerous as to offset the possible benefits which might accrue to the state of New Jersey, then the action possibly is both wise and justified...