Word: wising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they said that Princeton has prevailed by the length of the rubber bow ball at the end of the boat--about two inches. And that tiny difference sent one team into greatest elation and the other into the depths of despair. 1997 captain Ryan Wise carried a bow ball around with him, signifying the margin after 2,000 meters, to guide him through the next year of training...
...crash lands through a small window. "The bitch is bad," one of the guys opines. "Go, girl!" Then Laurence Fishburne shows up as Morpheus--a morphing Orpheus, a black White Rabbit, an R.-and-B. Obi-Wan Kenobe, a big bad John the Baptist, a Gandalf who grooves; every wise guide from literature, religion, movies and comix. Though he's in a dark room in the dead of night, and as if he needed to be more cool, Fishburne is wearing these teeny black shades. Another guy at the 'plex says approvingly, "Those glasses are fabulous...
...fact that people discriminate against gays and lesbians," Grossman said. "You may be a wise employer and treat your employees equally. But there may still be discrimination against some of your workers...
Despite some structural weaknesses, Englander has succeeded in revealing a vibrant collection of lives. Ending the book with "In This Way We Are Wise," a story treating a different subject matter and using a different style from that employed in the rest of the collection, Englander brings his readers into the violence of the present moment. While most of the stories contain middle-aged characters dealing with mid-life types of problems, this story follows Natan/Nathan, a young American living in Jerusalem who Narrowly avoids a nearby suicide bombing. The story, divided into numerous short segments, is told in choppy...
...problem of figuring out what to say, and what not to say, about the Balkan crisis is turning out to be the first test of the candidates' reflexes, a measure of their principles and their political skills. It is also demonstrating that contrary to the advice of the party wise men all winter, foreign policy may not be such an easy issue for the Republicans after...