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Word: wiseness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thou, not l-lt. Frail and paunchy, with a majestic beard and "penetrating, incorruptible eyes," Buber was once described by Swiss Novelist Hermann Hesse, an eclectic Christian, as "one of the few wise men on earth." Buber's wisdom was reflected in many fields - his poetic translation of the Hebrew Bible into German, his retelling of the long-forgotten legends of the joyous, mystical Hasidim, his vision of a Jewish education for the modern world, his defense of kibbutz socialism and the spiritual meaning of Zionism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jews: All Life Is a Meeting | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

...Cairo speech: "Our Syrian brothers say, 'Let us attack Israel tomorrow or the day after.' Israel has attacked Syria's diversion projects. But if Israel attacks Syria, do I attack Israel? That means letting Israel set the time for the battle. But is this the wise course? Is it logical that I attack Israel when there are 50,000 Egyptian soldiers in Yemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Heresy in Cairo | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Ludwig Erhard, LL.D., Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Man of full dedication, honest realism, wise moderation and quiet conciliation, staunch and good friend of America. Alva Reimer Myrdal, L.H.D. Swedish educator, sociologist, public official and wife of Economist Gunnar Myrdal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges: Kudos | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...crutches and permanent debility. But Author O'Connor had the stubbornness of the Irish, too. During the next 13 years, passed mostly in seclusion on her mother's farm near Milledgeville, Ga., she wrote unremittingly. Before her death last August, she had published two novels (Wise Blood, The Violent Bear It Away) of rare intensity, and one volume of ten short stories (A Good Man Is Hard to Find) that included four macabre masterpieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Ultimate Things | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

...When old Lord Tottingham visited his physician with various aches in his limbs, the wise doctor recognized the trouble instantly as Miller's syndrome, a psychosomatic ailment, and prescribed a placebo to keep the old boy happy. "You mean there's nothing really wrong with him?" asked a nurse when the patient had left. "Of course not," replied the doctor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pervert-a-Proverb | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

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