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Word: wising (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cacciatore said Hart's big television push lastweek produced little more support because hiscampaign workers were not active enough in thestate to reinforce the advertisements' message. Healso said Gore was not wise to ignore Iowa. TheTenessee senator has called Iowa voters"unrepresentative of the nation" and criticized"low participation" in the caucuses...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Iowa to Cast Decisive Caucus Vote Today | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...from the moment the Bush campaign received Cohen's letter, they suspected that this was more than a run-of-the mill interview. Multiple copies of the letter circulated to the campaign's wise men. Unlike those in other organizations, the Bush staff members are not gluttons for publicity; they can afford to be discriminating. If they sniff a hatchet job, they steer clear. On his copy of the letter, Bush wrote, "I feel comfortable with Rather. Make sure this guy gets reply soon." Campaign Manager Lee Atwater was dead set against the interview. He was wary of Rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bushwhacked! | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Radcliffe trustees should now recognize that it's not necessary--or wise--for Horner's successor to be the nominal president of a Harvard women's college. The massive institute for women's concerns which Radcliffe has become does require a new leader. Yet Radcliffe, the college, no longer exists in fact. It need not exist any longer in name...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Over the Cliffe | 1/27/1988 | See Source »

...teems with robust adventure and romantic misalliance, all drawn in the scrumptious Sunday- funnies style of Milton Caniff. And the three volumes titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (First Publishing; $9.95 each) sport with the whole genre, portraying a quartet of Testudinatas, trained by a wise rat in the refinements of Japanese martial arts, as they swing through various U.S. metropolitan areas righting wrongs and creating mischief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Passing of Pow! and Blam! | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...deny the charges, but offered a novel defense. Had Bloom actually put his customers' money into stocks, suggested Morrison, they might be getting less of it back because of the Oct. 19 market crash. So putting investors' money into art and real estate may have been a wise strategy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Whiz Kid Who Wasn't | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

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