Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE: the President said that he was a candidate, many Democrats concluded that the best course was to nominate some expendable and ambitious soul to have the rug pulled out from under him. Mr. Stevenson, other wise admirably fitted for the role, isn't going to be available if he meets any further reverses. Senator Kefauver is as light as a cork. His only qualification is his ambition, which commends him to few besides himself. Governor Harriman is colorless. It begins to look as if the Democrats may have difficulty finding someone to stand on that carpet...
Actually, with my army experience and all, I'm pretty wise by now, and well worth listening to. The army is quite like the houses, except they call their places barracks, and the food is a little better. Nobody gets away with wearing a turtleneck sweater instead of a necktie, and the only way you can sleep through breakfast is by resting your chin in your tray. But the living quarters are roomier than in the houses, and people all speak to one another. The disadvantage is that the army chooses your "house" for you, which really isn't much...
...good old days, according to Glubb, wise rulers had the selfless help of the old order of imperialist, a breed now "extinct." "Often," writes Glubb, "the imperialist devoted his life to the amelioration of the conditions of the people committed to his charge. Under this constant care, public security was assured, roads were built, sanitation introduced, education inaugurated. But he committed one unpardonable offense-he was supercilious...
...Antitrust Division has filed 104 new cases against some giants of U.S. business, among them, Pan American World Airways and the Radio Corp. of America. Last week, three days after his nomination to the federal bench was announced, Stanley Barnes warned General Motors Corp. that it might be wise to give up one or more of its divisions (see BUSINESS). And while awaiting his confirmation as judge, Barnes plans to institute at least one more new action: a suit aimed at ending G.M.'s domination of the bus manufacturing industry...
Uncle Nehru. Watching from afar, India's Prime Minister Nehru praised Sihanouk ("a young man with a wise head") and became his long-distance adviser and mentor. Last month, after a state visit to the Philippines, young Sihanouk began expressing views like those of Nehru. Angry at some heavy-handed "advising"' he had been subjected to in Manila, he charged the Philippines with participating in a U.S. plot to ensnare him into the SEATO pact (see above) and protested bitterly that while the U.S. had given the Philippines heavy farm machinery and hospitals, all Cambodia...