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Word: wiseness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...timing of the San Francisco conference turns out to be just right. At this moment the economy of abundance (in the U.S. and elsewhere) and the revolution of rising expectations (in Asia and elsewhere) are both running into trouble. These troubles can be overcome by a wise public policy and energetic private enterprise. The fact that 600 business leaders from every country in the free world are meeting together is in itself striking evidence of the vitality of private enterprise and its determination to open up the way to decades of tremendous economic advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 14, 1957 | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...this practiced repairmanship, the homeowner has developed his own countergambits. The wise antirepairman knows, for example, that he must never, never deal with underlings; he must always go straight to the top-write the company president. One St. Louis man gets super service by calling the repair-shop owner, threatening to come down and "punch the first person I see in the nose." Others try the food gambit, laying on sandwiches, beer or liquor for the repairman. And when all else fails, a wife can call the repairman's wife. Says one Milwaukeean: "I asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Out of Order | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...Ducktail. Worldly-wise FBI men were skeptical about the eight-year-old's story: the memory seemed too perfect, the details too complete. How could they be sure he was telling the truth? If they wanted to check his story, Lee Crary replied, all they had to do was pick up the young, blond (ducktail haircut) fellow driving a Chevrolet. With no hesitation Lee rattled off the license number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON: Tale of the New West | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...that the September consumer price index figures will show no rise over August because of the seasonal drop in used-car and food prices. Eventually they expect that inflation will begin to creep again. To keep it from accelerating to a gallop, both sides agree on the need for wise use of credit and fiscal controls. Says Slichter: "The greatest danger confronting the economy today is that political pressure will force abandonment of credit restraint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CREEPING INFLATION: CREEPING INFLATION | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...wise to any subject, indicating pertinence. A PR man never says "concerning" or "pertaining to"; he speaks of matters circulation-wise, industry-wise, or productivity-wise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slanguage in the Gray Flannel Century | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

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