Word: wising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mention a few, "Robel" Smith, string bean drawl expert, Bill Shuey, and Kirby "Sour" Pickie were in attendance. Tom Wilcox musta used his Virginia drawl to influence roommates Wood, of Florida, and Woodin, who once spent week ends in Iowa, into the Bradford College affair. A word to the wise all agree that Bradford is fairly loaded with prospective...talent...
...cold in order to prove that his health is good. When you have a President who is applauded for doing what little boys get spanked for, you have a Chief Executive who superexcels in the matter of winning hearts. A man who can make unwise actions appear attractive and wise is either a genius or a fool. Mr. Roosevelt is a genius. The word fits. He is an amazing world figure...
...dreary process began all over again at Liuchow, 100 miles to the southwest. Colonel Richard Wise, commanding the Third Sector, China Air Service Command, worked around the clock to get out all the men, equipment and supplies which he had worked the year around to get in-up to 3,000 planeloads flown over the costly Hump route; a million gallons of aviation fuel, torturously accumulated and stored, now impossible to save. With the Japs only 30 miles away, a U.S.O. troupe dropped in and gave a show.* Said Sergeant William Gould: "This is the most cheerful crisis...
...Russian fairy tale, Vasilisa the All-Wise walks up to the little hut that stands on hen's legs and says : "Little hut, little hut, turn with your face to me and your back to the sea." And the voice of Baba Yaga, the witch, answers from within the hut: "Fee fo fum, I smell Russian blood. For today the Russian spirit is marching through the world, and it throws itself on your breast and it slaps you in the face...
...last week credit men who want the regulation eased found a new argument. Wise relaxation of the controls, they said, can allow individuals to hold on to their war bonds and still buy long-wanted goods. Thus, they argue, pressure on the Treasury can gradually be relieved without sacrificing purchasing power...