Word: wiseness
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...early years, the price of Telstra was caught up in the speculative mood of the time; those clever enough to have bought in on the ground floor felt particularly wise, confident of their stock-picking skills. Considering the T1 offering (priced at $3.30), the best piece of advice that came my way was from a revered political commentator. Cutting through the financial claptrap with the elegance of a boy apparatchik, he suggested that because so many voters would become Telstra owners, the stock's price would always be politically sensitive. Hence, governments would provide the dominant player with a favorable...
...results surprised almost all the lawyers - defense attorneys as well as prosecutors - Leipold interviewed for the study. The defense folks said they preferred juries because judges feel too much pressure to convict, are wise to defense tricks, or hear a lot of negative information about the defendant before trial. Prosecutors admitted that they had believed that juries probably gave the accused a better chance at acquittal...
Waiting turns out to have been a wise move. HDTV prices have dropped dramatically over the past year. In March 2005 the average price for a 37-in. liquid-crystal display (LCD) HDTV was a hefty $4,113; a year later, the average price had dropped to $2,333. Bargain hunters can find even better deals. This summer under its low-cost label ILO, Wal-Mart was selling a 32-in. set with a built-in HDTVtuner...
...hide any of it. I just think it's a bit silly, really." But no one disputes that her life has been rocky. Allen spent much of her childhood either running away from or being kicked out of schools, more than a dozen of them. It made her wise for her age, and she delivers her reflections on everyday life in natty couplets. Allen sings over the sunny Caribbean vibe of LDN, "There was a little old lady, who was walkin' down the road, She was struggling with bags from Tesco/ There were people from the City having lunch...
...should not be part of the international force. But it should be made up of highly trained troops contributed by strong and responsible countries. We've been wise not to go rushing diplomatically to Damascus or Tehran. But Iran's hands are all over this, as are Syria's. As Hizballah's missiles are cleared out of there, that's a rebuke to Iran and Syria, and it's essential to enable Lebanon to be a sovereign state. That means deploying the Lebanese army to all parts of their country...