Word: wishfully
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...WILD DUCK. Although dedicated to candor in human relations, Henrik Ibsen also recognized that while it may be just to deal with men for what they are, it is often kinder to consider what they wish they could be. In its revival of the 1884 drama, the APA troupe performs with more precision than passion...
...wish to bring to public attention a similar plan which, it seems to me, will better achieve the goals of the A-plan without leading to many of the A-plan's undesirable side effects. Under this new plan, the teacher of a non-required course announces at the beginning of the term that he will fail every student in the course, and, at the end of the term, does. The advantages of the F-plan are obvious. Students will not concentrate excessively upon getting high grades in the course, and the teacher is spared the responsibility of making...
What makes this program unusual is that the Corporation will allow the planning teams to spend the money in any manner they wish. Normally grants to anti-poverty groups carry strick guidelines on the permissible use of the funds...
Despite the Senate's casual acceptance of his presence, Brooke has already become a Capitol Hill tourist attraction. Gallery-sitters crane their necks, gawk and buzz excitedly whenever he comes into view. In airport terminals and Capitol corridors, strangers grab his hand and wish him well. Letters come into Brooke's office at the rate of 350 a day. He has received nearly 1,400 speaking invitations in the past couple of months, has rejected all of them until last week's engagement...
...shake a few plebeian hands, sometimes in response to cries of: "Give us a shake, mate." At one point a pretty 18-year-old girl popped past police escorts, greeted him with: "Hello, my old fruit."* Replied Kosygin gravely: "You are the young Britain I want to meet. I wish you peace and prosperity...