Word: wiseness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Potomac River and before the week was out had crossed the South Platte River. Wherever he was, he was in the midst of his campaign for reelection. By accident or otherwise, his visitors at Hyde Park included leaders of groups which are giving him strong backing: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of Manhattan, Monsignor Stephen Connolly of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York* and A. F. of L.'s William Green, who publicly promised that 90% of Labor's votes would be cast for Roosevelt...
...Looking wise, local journalists wrote that tourists seldom learn of these cities' numerous resorts, mostly patronized by Canadians. Worst of Montreal Vice, opined local reporters, is the depression-bred habit of some impecunious high school girls, who earn pin money by stopping briefly after school in questionable houses, then go on home to their unsuspecting and respectable parents...
...France, the European powers are not at all perturbed by the Belgium declaration. London feels that this neutrality policy will enable France to concentrate on the Rhine, while Belgium can henceforth take care of her own frontier alone. For the future peace of Europe this move is a wise one, since European stability can never be achieved when eight or ten countries have "ganged up" upon one or two others in a "collective security" system...
...like cotton, and at the same time opened the gates wide for the importation from abroad of products much better produced at home. Clearly a policy which calls for slaughtering cattle in the north-west and then importing more from Canada cannot appeal to the vote of any pocket-wise consumer...
...write interminable reports to the Centre, were given a kindly hint by the Viceroy to ease up on this scrivening and get out on more camping trips among the people. "You may count upon my steady support," said Linlithgow, sounding as if he meant it, then added with wise humor: "For you District Officers it remains abundantly true that the tent is mightier than the pen." Indian journalists, accustomed like English journalists to official hauteur and snubs, imperceptibly warmed to a new Viceroy who said: "Like the rest of us, newspaper men cannot be expected to make bricks without straw...