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Word: wises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ever replied to President Joseph Fitzsimmons' quote of Don Quixote with one by Mark Twain: "Behold, the fool saith, 'Put not all thine eggs in the one basket' - which is but a manner of saying, 'Scatter your money and your attention,' but the wise man saith, 'Put all your eggs in the one basket and - watch that basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 22, 1959 | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

...Eighteen percent of all those answering the questionnaire said they believed in an "infinitely wise, omnipotent, three-person God who created the universe and who maintains an active concern for human affairs." The largest group of respondents -24%-believed in "a God about whom nothing definite can be affirmed." Only 4% flatly denied God's existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: God at Harvard (Contd.) | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Barbican's architectural imagination captured public and professional critics alike. But Barbican's chairman, wise in the ways of bureaucracy, said: "Progress depends on whether there is a red light or a green light. What is important is that the lights should not be set forever at amber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Out of the Ruins | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

...There is an infinitely wise, omnipotent three-person God Who created the universe and Who maintains an active concern for human affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of the Questionnaire | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

...assume the only political stance that needs no defense--that of the "moderate liberal." Haughtily denouncing conservatives as "crackpots" and radicals as "fanatics," these squatters in the "middle-of-the-road" bestow their silent blessing on almost any proposal that carries the "liberal" label. Some of these proposals are wise, but others...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: 'Moderate Liberals' Predominate Politically | 6/11/1959 | See Source »

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