Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fairly wise man once stated the difference between a comedian and a mere buffoon--the comic's humor is methodically pointed while the buffoon will do anything, to provoke a laugh, usually with little success. All this leads up to the thesis that after months of waving his lance through the air with little purpose, Lampy has finally found a good, solid chunk of meat to pierce. The result of his galloping attack on the movie industry is by no means a brilliant satire; yet it is well above the usual Lampoon fare and, on the whole, an amusing collection...
Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins hustled the design to a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The J.C.S. ran it through the wringer of the interservice Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, headed by able General John E. Hull. The W.S.E.G. approved. The Navy, wise to the ways of big guns, pitched in to help with the construction of the first shell and first gun. The first test (made without an atomic charge in the shell) was a shattering failure, but after subsequent tests were successful, Collins gave the order for large-scale production...
Winthrop exchanged places with Eliot. The Puritans fell the most of all the Houses, percentage-wise, dropping 6.1 percent. Kirkland also dropped considerably, losing 5.9 percent in its rating, and falling from a tie for third into fifth place...
...Position wise, the biggest hole soems to be at defense. Though there are many willing players. Yesterday's workout showed the great amount of work that has to be done. Bill Cormack is probably the most skilled. He and two other hopefuls gleaned from the football squad. Herb Grossman and Bill Toohey, should add depth and size...
...intra-squad game yesterday, McInnis used, on his number one team, an infield of Johnson, Canepa, Greeley, and Wise. Young, whom some observers feel will break into the lineup either at second or third base, was not on hand for the day's practice...