Word: wises
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...trying to raft his way into a free state. Jim's character is the only one that is developed beyond the two-dimensionality of the others. Resisting the temptation to condescend to his role or to the audience, Halley portrays a multi-faceted, complex character who is childlike and wise at once, evoking pathos without fishing for it. Were Huck as carefully developed and convincingly acted as Jim, the different episodes of the play would assume the coherence and interest that the production occasionally lacks...
...been European. In the new structure, with its greater emphasis on political coordination, it would make more sense for this official to be American?whenever the new Secretary-General, Lord Carrington, decides to retire. Meantime, no Western leader is better qualified for guiding NATO's transition than the wise and thoughtful Carrington...
...Were we to start all over again, we would therefore hardly repeat the decision of the '50s in today's circumstances. Let us assume a group of wise men and women from both sides of the Atlantic came together to plan a global strategy unconstrained by the past. Assume further that it started from the premise that ultimately the defense of the West is indivisible and that European security should be viewed under the aspect of the defense of the West in Europe?as a thoughtful French observer, Francois de Rose, put it. Such a group would almost surely conclude...
...kisses for loyal friends and aides, a few acknowledgments of worthy opponents, but mostly he comes down harder on ex-officeholders than on powerful incumbents. New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who defeated Koch in the bitter 1982 Democratic gubernatorial primary, gets good grades for being tough on unions and wise in his staff appointments. Ronald Reagan ("He thinks like a studio executive") was treated shrewdly from the start. During the 1980 campaign, Koch distressed fellow Democrats by briefing the Republican candidate on the city's problems. The mayor then called a press conference, at which Reagan promised New York...
...decide to rob a local mail train. Plotting the crime as if it were a script, they adopt literary aliases, don disguises and then, without much difficulty, carry off the million-dollar theft. The lackadaisical local police force instantly sets up an intensive manhunt, combing the area for conmen, wise guys and rogues. But the women, as they had suspected, are not in the least suspected...