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...visitor, it becomes ever clearer that although the rapid-fire rhythm once clocked at 44 jokes in four minutes has slowed, the style endures. Hope is still the All-American wisecracker. His only living peer among comedians, George Burns, 87, found himself a new guise: the worldly-wise old geezer. Hope does not change: he leads with his chin and the little golf swing he taught Johnny Carson and lives off his one-liners...
...Senior Advisers or other friends are able to provide emotional support that complements my procedural efforts In fact, almost every student who has come to talk with me about an instructional relationship made troubling by some "amorous" aspects, or by sexual correction, has already had the benefit of the wise and discreet encouragement of a trusted advisor In making complaints of sexual harassment as in other difficulties students should avail themselves of different kinds of help from various sources in the College...
...significant that Mondale is making education a major campaign issue," said another guest at the unveiling, David Wise, professor of public policy...
...Gund is a successful building design-wise, but because the design was so complex, innovative and daring, there were a number of calculated risks involved, and now some of the technical details need refinement." Hinake said...
...American University speech arose from a simple but wise impulse. "If we cannot end now our differences," he said, "at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." Kennedy had reason to hate and distrust, having just come through the Cuban missile crisis, in which the Soviets lied, tricked, cheated and bullied. Yet his experience brought forbearance and long nights of thought. There must be a better way, he told Sorensen...