Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wise for a Supreme Court Justice to tie his hands when he is not forced...
President Roosevelt, looking very wise, last week drew an illustration for his press conference, a parable from the humble life of a friend named Bill. Bill runs a garage in a small town and sells automobiles on the side. When he is asked how business is he says it is too good. The people in his town ordinarily buy about 30 new cars a year. Last year they bought 62. So Bill broods gloomily on the thought that this year he may sell only 15 cars. The moral of the President's fable: what this country needs...
...Wise Girl (RKO Radio), a befuddled whimsicality, starts off by explaining that all its characters are fictitious, proceeds to prove them superfluous. A very rich girl...
...staged. Last week a genuine revival finally did appear. Verdi's Otello, one of his last and greatest works, had not been seen & heard at the Opera House since the days when Toscanini conducted and principal roles were taken by dashing Leo Slezak, gossipy Frances Alda and drama-wise Antonio Scotti...
Scrupulously careful to avoid contaminating influences, the United States has, since the beginning of its history, worshipped the myth of isolation and dreamed the dream of neutrality. For the infant nation of Washington's time, this policy was a wise one; for present day America it is utter nonsense. The attitude that America can cut herself off from the world, serenely ignoring the danger of a major war, has been aptly termed her "infant psychosis...