Word: wising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Politically Wise...
Instead, most observers--including dissenting masters--characterize Jewett's current proposal as politically wise, and most agree his plan in some form will succeed this year...
...nongrouches may squirm at the sugarcoating this subject has received. Except for a few taunting schoolmates, Corky is drenched in love and support. Life Goes On may have the highest hug-a-minute ratio of any show in TV history. His parents (Bill Smitrovich and Patti LuPone) are unfailingly wise and patient. Only his blunt younger sister (Kellie Martin) worries occasionally about being embarrassed by her brother in school...
...ever lost. "That war cleaves us still," said George Bush in his Inaugural Address. "But, friends, surely the statute of limitations has been reached. The final lesson of Viet Nam is that no great nation can long afford to be sundered by a memory." Like Palmerston's, those were wise words. But the Administration has yet to apply the lesson to Viet Nam itself...
...They include blacks and other minorities, the physically or mentally handicapped, and any group of siblings who must be adopted together. The term also applies to children who are simply too old for a market that favors infants. In the beauty contest that is adoption, it is never wise to turn five...