Word: wises
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...inviting is the prospect of a Europe economically united that still another nation was anxious to join the Outer Seven. But little Finland has to be mindful of what Big Neighbor Russia thinks. Predictably, Pravda grumbled last week that 'Finland should watch out for entangling political alliances. Wise in the ways of Soviet nuance and tone, the Finns decided that the Russians were only growling, not really mad. Accordingly > the Finns promised the Soviets to wait until the final wording of the agreement before joining, but meantime agreed to join the Outer Seven in drawing up the final draft...
...this is one of the Bard's most poorly constructed works, it still has a good many strong points. A great number of profoundly wise statements are constantly being made; there are plenty of well-turned phrases; and some of the passages of verse rank with his best...
...Poland's people's republic, he warmly bussed Gomulka on both cheeks. "Dear Comrade . . ." his airport speech began, and it ended with, "Long live the eternal, unbreakable Soviet-Polish friendship!" Gomulka was just as unctuous, praised Khrushchev as "the sincere friend of the Polish people," a "wise, distinguished...
...Shiites wait for the "Hidden Imam" to make his earthly return. The Sunnis, on the other hand, refuse to accept divine inspiration by inheritance, recognize first the caliph as the "commander of the community," then turn to the "consensus," made up of the learned and the wise...
...sense of the word, and there are no Communists in positions of control." Matthews offered a remarkable proof: "Even the agrarian reform, Cubans point out with irony, is not at all what the Communists were suggesting, for it is far more radical and drastic than the Reds consider wise as a first step to the collectivization they, but not the Cubans, want." But as early as April 23, Times-woman Ruby Phillips, in a story run by the Times (over Matthews' strong objections), reported in detail on "a Communist pattern in the development of the revolutionary program." Again...