Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wise choice. Traffic Doctor Barnes had come by his odd craft almost by accident. He had started out in life as an electrician after leaving his home-town Newark, N.Y., migrated to Flint to work in automobile plants. He had eased into a city job as a signal engineer and had finally got into traffic work-an achievement which was crowned when he became a member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers. In a sense, Barnes was still an intern when he came to Denver. But he saw almost instantly that he had to do more than prescribe massive medication...
...heart of the comrade and inspired continuer of Lenin's will, the wise leader and teacher of the Communist Party and the Soviet people-Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin-has stopped beating...
...wise diner begins with one of several appetizers. Taramosalata is the best lead-off dish. Composed of red caviar mixed with lemon, olive oil, and bread soaked in water, its taste combines saltiness with a tart savor. Also, shrimp with a special sauce of lemon, olive oil, dry mustard, and the much used Greek herb, rigone, will start the meal well...
...Cartoon-wise, the Lampoon is generally uninteresting. Updike does seven out of nine with Charles Robinson drawing a couple of blanks. Particularly useless is the full page drawing of man and Sphinx with the caption...
...laws of economics, the Club of the Three Wise Monkeys should be on its uppers these days. Few families can still afford such expensive education-330 guineas a year ($970). But for British finishing schools, the postwar currency laws have worked wonders by all but stopping the annual export of debutantes to the once-popular Continental schools. Last week the Monkey Club could honestly boast that business is booming...