Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even if one accepts the decision to intervene, wise short-range strategy still did not dictate Johnson's course. At the beginning of the revolt, the Communists were clearly distinguishable from the pro-Bosch rebels. The State Department itself admitted this when it announced that, because of the discouragement of Bosch supporters with the strength of the Communists, the U.S. had decided to intervene. But intervene in favor of whom? For the Bosch supporters who wanted constitutional reform but hated the Communists enough to denounce their progress to the U.S.? Or for Wessin y Wessin whom even the "purest...
...presided over an elegant state dinner in Moro's honor (the fish course was listed on the menu as Pompano Moro), participated in a notably laudatory exchange of toasts. Lyndon: "I salute you as a friend and companion, as a leader in the community of Europe, as a wise and respected voice on the stage of the world." Moro: "We hope that all of your endeavors, so enlightened and outward-looking both in the domestic and foreign fields, may prove effective and fruitful...
...with sincerity that I write that in retrospect I could well agree with the opinion of the CRIMSON that the wise thing to do would have been to call off the TV program in Birmingham rather than follow the request of our sponsors to disinvite a Negro from appearing on the show...
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID. In the French countryside. Director Luis Buñuel (Viridiana) mounts a fascinating if inconclusive study of sadism, fetishism, frigidity, rape and murder as seen through the eyes of a worldly-wise Parisian maid (Jeanne Moreau...
...City of Paris, then grandly turned down orders for less than $25,000 when other stores clamored for her products. She introduced medicated face creams and waterproof mascara, was the first to send saleswomen on the road to demonstrate proper makeup for ordinary women. She was also wise enough to keep prices high. "Some women," she once said, "won't buy anything unless they can pay a lot." Today more than 100 Helena Rubinstein products are sold in the U.S., and sales have increased 500% since World...