Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wise . . . I asked for power, that I might have...
...nipped plot was a forceful reminder that there are plenty of ardent Peronistas left in Argentina. Propaganda-wise, they pass around pro-Perón leaflets, spread rumors that the revolutionary government is about to fall, shout jingles in the streets: "Ladrón o no ladrón, queremos a Perón [Thief or not, we want Perón]!" Revolution-wise, they seem to limit themselves so far to sabotage, even in last week's plotting. Squads of Peronistas, called "Resistance Commandos," are blamed for several recent attempts to wreck trains and for a series...
...going out on U.P. and I.N.S. wires. Last week- as once before (TIME, Sept. 7, 1953)-the crows were coming home to roost: into the office of the society (which consists of a pressagent for National Distillers' Old Crow whisky) flew more than 500 clippings showing how the wise old bird had made gulls of the Washington Post and Times Herald, the Boston Daily Record and other papers all over...
This probably remains true today, he pointed out, if the Law School is merely seeking applicants who can pass the bar examinations. "But a graduate of the School should not merely be able to pass the examinations," he said. "He should be prepared to be a wise and informed lawyer and a leader in the community...
...generally understood even at Harvard, and I mention it with some trepidation, that the average Harvard student is in the top 3-4 percent, academic-ability-wise, of his age group. Yet it is a fact of central importance for Harvard's problem that almost the entire Harvard student body is in the top 10 percent in terms of academic ability, of the national college-age population, and the great majority of Harvard students is in the top 5 per cent...