Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lead Rome's legions in the Macedonian war, then heaped criticism upon his conduct of that war. Said Paulus: "I am not one of those who think that commanders ought at no time to receive advice; on the contrary, 1 should deem that man more proud than wise who regulated every proceeding by the standard of his own single judgment...
Loaded with evidence and about to spring their story, the reporters were worried that the would-be Führer Björn Lundahl, 30, might be wise to them. They sent him a phony message, urging him to travel to a town near the Finnish border where he would meet agents who would take him to Cairo. The Führer complied. While he was gone, the reporters handed in their stories; the paper notified the police. "They couldn't believe their ears," said Expressen Editor Per Wrigstad...
...Marisol's dolls are not just witty toys. Although her art has been mistaken for pop, she is actually more the "wise primitive." She naturally admires the work of the Douanier Rousseau, as well as African, pre-Columbian and early American sculpture. Her statues can also suggest the hex of voodoo, and she admits, "Sometimes I get scared by my own work." She knows the primitive idea that making likenesses of people gives the maker power over them. "If I have a boy friend who has been nasty to me," says Marisol, "I will make a sculpture...
...Heidelberg noted that there seemed to be more signs of change in Catholicism than in Communism. "In most of the speeches one hears, Marx, Engels and Lenin are still the basis for most of the ideas. If we are to move forward in our discussions, it would seem wise for Marxists also to remember that the scientific world has progressed to the point where it makes sense to look again at all their premises." Garaudy acknowledged that the world 200 years hence will expect more of Marxism, and that it "would be all the poorer if it did not share...
...have to fire people to make point, the rules permit it," . But he added that he felt a word the wise should be sufficient. "We think that the community will react sensibly that we've made our feelings heard," said...