Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although declining steadily percentage-wise during the past 34 years, they are still responsible for over one-fourth of the school's funds. And even the briefest study of the history and current contribution of investments to the University proves that Harvard is not a Kremlin-on-the-Charles but rather a house that capitalism built and a house whose future is tied inextricably with that of its builder
...last miles home, unfortunately, plod by with an almost unavoidable repetition of earlier gags, and though the winner remains in doubt until the end, the drivers have been behind the wheel too long to generate much suspense. Wise pruning would have helped a cast whose acting is sharp and understand...
...whistle" and the "Hong Kong Blues" film. It has Bacall at the height of her slinky period and she sings "How Little We Know." It comes to grips with the cosmos and sums it up in the single question "was you ever bit by a dead bee?" There are wise cracks and tough talks with sizzling looks that promise kisses or threaten bloodied noses. Sudden death and marlin fishing are the he-man business of Captain Harry Morgan: and both are Bogart's field of concentration...
Reischauer also believed that there may be a lull in activity in Indochina, due to the conference at Geneva. "It would be bad propaganda-wise, for the Communists to continue fighting while their delegates are sitting at a conference table," he said...
...some kind of collective military action against China as a possibility if Geneva fails, 3) steps to be taken at once to set up the Pacific alliance as a warning to the Communists at the tables in Geneva. If it meant the same to the British, Eden found it wise not to say so. Even as Dulles flew to Paris. Eden was mollifying questioners. "What I am committed to." he said, "is an examination. The House will understand that we could not possibly have gone further...