Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Parsons and pubs should sometimes go together. So said Britain's Bishop of Coventry, Dr. Neville Gorton, in a leaflet to his clergy. "The inn is not to be despised, though certainly not to be haunted. It is wise to have one's 'usual' and to pay for it oneself. Men may seem willing to treat one, but they do not like a man who never treats back. They will never believe that we [clergymen] cannot afford...
...moment of need, we take a neutral stand and leave the burden of defending the Middle East to Turkey and Israel, we should not be astonished if the West should recompense them at our expense for their loyalty. If we are not strong, at least let us be wise...
...possibility on the Democratic ticket and considered him a Republican; and 3) would like nothing better than to run against Taft because he thinks he can beat him. In short, Harry Truman had upheld the ancient tradition of oracles by being solemn, obscure, ambiguous and just wise enough to bring the customers back for more...
...paraphrase the sapient words of the immortal bard, there will be cakes and ale, wagering and other sports after Senators Kefauver and Tobey have returned to the hills of Tennessee and New Hampshire from whence, as the Bible says, cometh our help. Wise reformers don't give too many cathartics. A few more doses of Senator Tobey and the town will be thirsty for another Jimmy Walker...
...heart's not great," wrote a poetical one of their number, "that fears a little rope." On the last ride, the condemned highwayman cracked wise to his friends in the crowds that lined the way, and following a custom established by an early gentleman of the road on his way to the gallows...