Word: wising
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wise man of the West, Konrad Adenauer, is dead and forgotten. Forgotten also is his pearl of wisdom: "Only the silliest calf chooses its own butcher...
...looks, his slightly mannered stuffiness, arrogance and condescension all contribute to a solid and coherent character. He conveys just the inflexible sense of property and propriety that is so necessary to the role. There is no falling off in the rest of the cast-in Nora's worldly wise friend (Patricia Elliott) or in the doctor (Roy Shuman), who is paying mortally for the sins of his father, or in the unscrupulous moneylender (Robert Gerringer), who is trying to keep a slippery foot on the frayed bottom rung of the social ladder. All do the right things rightly...
...making a tentative agreement to participate with City officials on a committee to investigate brutality, the blacks have chosen a wise course. Graham firmly insisted that as spokesman for the black community she could not agree to any committee without first going back to the community. It is the solidarity of the blacks on this issue which gives them their power. It would have weakened this power if Graham had agreed without consulting her constituency...
...stumbling block has been the city's unwillingness to give out an estimate for rent. The city plans to dismantle the portable school building if Harvard doesn't state other wise, and the site will become a parking lot for Harvard...
Frankly, I cannot imagine what the government would be like without you. Your wise counsel and strong support over the past two years have meant a great deal to me. During this time, our country has made great strides toward achieving that just and lasting peace which has always been our objective. The nation's many accomplishments in the field of foreign policy during these past two years have been due in no small measure to your energy and to your vision...