Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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President Pusey: All of us are stunned by the death of President Kennedy. It is impossible to estimate what his passing means to our nation and people everywhere. He was one who made wise and effective use of the world of learning and we mourn him as a friend. His only ambition was to serve his country and he gave his life...
President Pusey said today: All of us are stunned by the death of President Kennedy. It is impossible to estimate what his passing means to our nation and people everywhere. He was one who made wise and effective use of the world of learning and we morn him as a friend. His only ambition was to serve his country and he gave his life...
...Wisdom. The sum of O'Hara's wisdom could be denigrated as nothing more than commonplace knowledge that comes with age. His snobs, after all, only face the fact that, in age as in youth, life chooses our friends for us, and it is wise to make the best of them. But in reaching backward to follow their progress, O'Hara is able to dip into the sounds and sights and thoughts of four decades of American life. "The United States in this century is what I know," he explained not long ago, "the way people talked...
...prepared testimony Pusey explained that Harvard, almost alone among universities getting federal aid, does not use government money to pay the salaries of faculty members with tenure. "We are confident this policy has been wise, since we could theoretically very quickly readjust our total program if government assistance to universities were to cease. We at Harvard cherish our independence--some might say obsessively!" the statement said...
Another criticism is the length of the articles, which vary between 800 and 1400 words. The editors are wise in keeping the magazine small to increase its readership. But the issues with which they are dealing can not be treated successfully in a space that tends to evoke cliches and epigrams, because there is no room for thought...