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Word: wiseness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sensing this, a wise editor may have decided that Communism is losing its appeal, and that it is time to attack the Harvard man on some new ground. What better charge could there be than murder, which is almost as much of a threat to the American way of life as Communism? Soon Killers, Inc. may supplant the Labor Youth League and Young Radicals as the most sinister influence emanating from the University's ivied towers. The "Black Dahlia" case opens up a bold new stereotype...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Case of the Black Dahlia | 3/8/1951 | See Source »

...Wise producers as they are, Rodgers and Hammerstein have put their work in a theatrical iron lung. They have assembled a fine cast, topped by the magnificent Gertrude Lawrence, and given the scenes and costumes designers full rein. Miss Lawrence understands what entertainment is, even if Mr. Hammerstein does not. As Anna, she sweeps across the stage with more charm and grace than it seems possible for a woman to command. Her voice is thin, but it is clear and sweet. And, as always, her high-comedy acting is a sheer delight, Yul Brynner, a veteran of "Lute Song," plays...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: The Playgoer | 3/8/1951 | See Source »

Mather added that after a debate with Representative Donian, he was even "more convinced than before that it is not wise, nor even proper, in a democracy for legislative committees to be established to investigate communism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 4th Career Talk to Be on Industry; Mather Labels Mullins as Inaccurate | 3/7/1951 | See Source »

Chuckling Percolators. "The war, the war, it is all because of the war," growled one employer. In the drum-tight labor market of World War II, when trained workers were hard to find and hard to keep, the wise boss had indulged such little liberties. Later, the men came back from the wardrooms and mess halls of the armed forces, where the percolators chuckle day & night, and gave the custom new impetus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Coffee Hour | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

...life, intellect has betrayed Mathieu. "Enough! I'm through! I'm sick of being the wise guy, the guy who always sees straight! . . . If only I could have pressed my finger on the trigger, somewhere some German would have fallen...

Author: By Daniel Elisberg, | Title: Sartre: Anguish and Despair | 2/28/1951 | See Source »

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