Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Uncle Sam is strong in peace and war simply because of his abundant natural resources, coupled with industrial know-how. Therefore, wise use of our soil and water resources is a "must." Yet our productive topsoil that feeds half the. world is eroding away. Clear water streams that industries need for production are clouded with pollution and silt. Water that is needed for food production is lost in floods . . . We continue to cut more trees for lumber than we plant. In other words, the nation's most valuable strength is ebbing away-and needlessly, because most of these resources...
Taken as no more than that, it is good fun. The picture makes Willie (Tom Ewell) and Joe (David Wayne) a couple of semiliterate country bumpkins wise in the ways of the Army and the war. While fighting the enemy in the Italian campaign, they must also do battle with a smug, freshly arrived captain (Jeffrey Lynn) civilian black-marketeers of all ages, every MP in Naples and, wherever they go, the endless toils of Army red tape. It is buoyed all along by the expertly funny, warmly sympathetic playing of Broadway's Tom (John Loves Mary) Ewell...
...Republic parliamentarians were trying to give some democratic substance to De Gaulle's skeleton administration, Auriol's years of experience in the Chamber were invaluable. He became more than a parliamentary tactician. Long experience and his reflections after the defeat had made the Auriol of Algiers a wise elder statesman, who forced himself to think deeply about the fundamental defects in the parliamentary system he had served...
...When I myself lie dying," said Dr. Alvarez, "I hope I will have by me some wise, kindly physician who will keep interns from frequently pulling me up to examine my chest, or from constantly puncturing my veins, or from giving me enemas or drastic medicines. I am sure that at the end I will very much want to be left alone...
...University was wise to accept the gift, according to Gordon L. Poole '47, 2L, Young Republican Club president. Although the wording of the bequest is bad, he explained, the University can accept the fund without compromising its principles of non-discrimination...