Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...narthex of the mosque, workers successfully uncovered a ninth century mosaic showing Emperor Lee VI, (the Wise) prostrate before Christ enthroned. The southwest vestibule was found to contain a tenth century composition which pictures Emperor Constantine presenting to the Virgin and Child the City he founded and Emperor Justinian giving the Church he built...
...sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" But profane old Dan Daly [shaken by reports that the Corps was going to be politer] grimly insisted that what he said was: "For goodness sake, you chaps, let us advance against the foe!" ¶ Col. Frederic W. Wise (who claimed that during World War I he had originated the phrase: "Retreat, hell-we just got here!") once heard his men had coined a nickname for him. He lined them up and shouted: "I hear you so-and-sos have taken to calling me 'Dopey.' All right; only...
...shrewd businessman and wise investor. His father amassed a fortune in carpet manufacturing, which business Higgins took over. But he soon sold it and went on to build up his wealth through investments. His income was reputed to amount...
...Chronicle lists the services these "second mothers" were supposed to have performed for student roomers. "They leave home-made cookies on their bureaus, give them wise advice on affairs of the heart, and loan them money when they are out of funds." One graduate student commented, "I had to pay 60 percent interest on those loans...
...unwise to schedule such an obviously popular talk by one of the world's leading philosophers in any but the most spacious hall available. It was even less wise to expropriate completely the people who had shown the most interest in the talk...