Word: wising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sculptor dressed his dukes in marble armor; at first glance, they look like Roman emperors. But their gentle, dreamy expressions and gestures are not a bit Roman. They seem powerless and wise, but not with earthly knowledge. Giuliano seems to be "held upright by the magic of the Madonna at whom he is looking." The Virgin, with the Child at her breast, sits at the center of the chapel's end wall. She is the focal point around which Michelangelo's half-classical and half-Christian little universe is clustered...
Quiet, dark-haired Jim Pursell, a onetime relay runner at U.S.C., was too wise to monkey with Patton's basic style of running. After one look at him, he decided that what the kid needed most was time to develop. Pursell kept him on the "B" squad as long as he dared (until Mel ran a 10.2 against Manual Arts High one day). Then the coach began to rub OR some polish...
...learned to recite perfectly: "Every participant in the coming aviation parade [which was later rained out and postponed a week] will demonstrate his love and gratitude to the creator and organizer of all victories and successes of the Soviet people, the best friend of Soviet aviators, the wise, brilliant commander and generalissimo of the Soviet Union, Joseph V. Stalin...
Billy, a balding wise man in his 50s, had brought hustle and hope to the Braves (they hadn't won a pennant in 34 years). Pepperpot Eddie Stanky, a refugee from Durocher's Brooklyn, added spark to the infield before breaking an ankle fortnight ago, which will keep him out of the lineup for 60 days. Outfielder Tommy Holmes put zing into the batting order. Southworth didn't seem to be worried about Durocher's new Giants, or Shotton's new Dodgers-only about his old alma mater, the St. Louis Cardinals, "who stand...
...poor, doomed "experimental" animals of laboratories, but mostly small casual creatures (mice, canaries, cockroaches) who lead their skittery lives around his desk. He clocks their habits, weighs their motives, charts their systems of morality. He has a fine eye for a dreamy, pregnant cockroach or an honored canary grown wise with...