Word: wising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...provision of the patrolmen's contract "supercedes the [Police Review Board] ordinance," said Robert Wise, lawyer for the Police Patrol Officer's Association. Wise argued that the civilian board's actions contradict a "bill of rights" in the contract that governs officer interrogation...
...Wise said the patrolmen's union would ask the city manager's office to void the ordinance that created the Police Review Board. But, Wise added, "I don't think they'll do that." More likely, he said, the question will be submitted for arbitration...
...civilization, "the first in history to show even the slightest concern for average, undistinguished, none-too-commendable people like us." It may not be what the Founding Fathers had in mind, but neither did they envision that their liberal political philosophy would produce no-fault auto insurance and gifted wise guys like O'Rourke...
...this regulation is allowed to stand, Harvard University may win the dubious distinction of being one of the first to infringe on the First Amendment because of trash considerations. The wise and appropriate thing to do would be to restrict the advertising and promotional leaflets which create most of the trash, and allow student publications access to all freshman...
Everyone knows that hindsight is always more perceptive than foresight, but perception, among other words, seems to be absent from Quayle's vocabulary. Of course, everyone regrets one past act or another, but it just isn't wise to answer a question about integrity and personal ethics with a comment about your early ambitions...