Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SHADOW AND ACT, by Ralph Ellison. The author of The Invisible Man turns his attention to the situation of the Negro in America, but is wise enough to reject easy solutions or histrionic demands...
Hubert Humphrey once characterized the wise Senator as "one who reads the New Republic frequently and takes its advice not at all." The "N.R." celebrates its 50th anniversary this month, and it seems a good time to ask why Humphrey's remark rings so true. Though carefully read, widely respected, and perhaps even Established, the New Republic has never really been influential...
When he says, "No people are good enough to run this show by themselves, nor wise enough," he states his conception of modern Republicanism. The party, he believes, should not have "to come up with a different broad ideology." Instead it should be a stable "of good candidates who are ready to meet the issues" and the Democrats. To use a newspaper analogy, the Republicans should be what The Herald Tribune is to The New York Times--in content the same, different primarily in style and approach...
...expansionist that its neighbors have lived in varied degrees of fear since before the birth of Christ, and so troubled internally that as often as not it has been unable to feed and clothe itself. So weak, so strong, so arrogant, so humble, so rich, so poor, so wise, so foolish. But one generalization can be made today: the majority of the people remain loyal and obedient to the Communist Party and the Communist cause. Not enthusiastic, but obedient...
While a ceremonial fusillade of firecrackers sounded outside, a black-capped Brahmin pandit recited Sanskrit prayers last week in a factory conference hall at Poona, outside Bombay. It was the time of year for worshiping Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, to whom all wise Indian businessmen annually offer their order books for a blessing. With his workers during the ceremony, his feet bare and his forehead glowing with a dot of vermilion, sat Shantanu Laxman Kirloskar, the U.S.-educated head of India's Kirloskar group, a seven-company combine that sells $46 million worth of farm...