Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Light in August" seems at first glance more sophisticated, but fails to follow through any one interpretation consistently. It suffers from lack of organization and a profusion of ideas that do not seem entirely clear in Gavin's mind. The weakness of these two contributions suggests that it was wise not to pad this particular issue with student criticism...
...West, Navy Chaplain Harold F. Menges, a Baptist, stepped forward to deliver his sermon. From I Corinthians 13:9 ("For we know in part, and we prophesy in part"), he led into a discussion of criticism. He condemned malicious and uninformed criticism, but added: "It's the wise man who can take and accept honest criticism and make good use of it." Listening raptly was Harry Truman, who has been subjected to infinite varieties of censure, and has done his share of censuring. After the service, the President grabbed the preacher's hand, pumped it heartily and cried...
Only a practiced and attentive follower of the diplomatic minuet could make out all that was going on in Europe last week. From Paris to Rome a bewildering assortment of alphabetical outfits solemnly assembled; the air was murmurous with a busy shuffling of diplomatic papers, the inquiries of Wise Men, the reports of soldiers, the undertone of simultaneous translations. Among them...
...dancing until 3 a.m. She became a fight fan, and yelled with the crowd (particularly for Rocky Graziano) in smoky Madison Square Garden. Her career slipped from bad to worse. RCA Victor said nothing about renewing her recording contract; the radio demand for her voice began to fade. The wise guys of the music business shook their heads. Patrice, was just one more prodigy who couldn't grow...
Total enrollment, including both those with aid, and those without, shows a smaller percentage-wise decline. From 4,212 last year, it has gone down...