Word: wising
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Professional economists were more cautious, but mostly approving. Robert Nathan and Beryl Sprinkel, two members of TIME's Board of Economists, believe that the President was wise in trying to form a consensus on wages and prices before establishing specific guidelines. Sprinkel, although an ideological opponent of economic controls, added that Nixon acted realistically in setting his goal as 2% to 3% inflation by the end of 1972, rather than specifying some lower number that would be more attractive but unreachable...
Harvard has traditionally scheduled "local squads of limited ability," as J. Bennington Peers '04 once said, for at least one of its two non-league football contests each fall. The policy is at the same time wise and a little dangerous, for while neighboring opponents such as Tufts. Boston University and Holy Cross usually present no more than minor problems to the Crimson, they always come to the Stadium in a rather manic emotional state, and occasionally escape with a victory. This sort of thing, as you remember, happened as recently as seven days...
...WISE TO NEGOTIATE? Almost to a man, prison officials say no. As long as the inmates held any hostages, officials were in an impossible position, they say. Moreover, dealing with prisoners in this situation only encourages more such seizures. Some uprisings have been quelled when authorities simply refused to negotiate with inmates until hostages were released. Last February, Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel rushed to a state prison where inmates had seized two guards and threatened to kill them. He faced the rebels and said: "We've shown our good faith by coming here; now you show your good faith...
Since it's impossible to keep thieves from getting in--smashing the windshield is a convenient last resort--it's not wise to leave anything of value inside a car. If it has to be in the car, it's safer in the trunk than on the seat...
South Seas Ventures. Taking a longer view, most airline officials believe that the big planes will prove a wise investment. For one thing, the new subsonic superjets cost an average of $5,000,000 less per plane than the Boeing 747 and, having shorter ranges, can operate profitably on many more routes. The International Air Transport Association predicts that worldwide passenger travel will grow by more than 300% by 1985-a time well within the life-span of any newly made jet-and that the air-cargo business will go up eightfold. Vacation travelers are venturing farther and farther from...