Word: wising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take part in an activity, says Jan Allen, associate professor of child and family studies at the University of Tennessee, "parents should help them understand that they have to stay with it for at least the school year." She believes that keeping commitments teaches a child how to make wise decisions in the future...
...square knot retained its central importance. Chivalry, woodcraft and "duck-on-a-rock," on the other hand, made way for low-impact camping, Internet etiquette and self-defense from sexual abuse. The new book is printed in color on recycled paper, and it, alas, no longer offers such wise saws as "all trainers know that smoking is bad for the wind...
...certain degree of variety (the names of the characters and the titles of the stories tend to become muddled in one's mind, a happenstance which might be avoided had the stories been read in their individual magazine formats) nonetheless form an effective collection of nineties fiction. A wise suggestion, however, is that each story be read slowly and individually, and not the book as a whole on a beach in the summer or in front of the fireplace on a cold Sunday night. The stories, as mentioned before, tend to start sounding the same when read quickly in order...
Today, one of the first principles of our democracy is that no subgroup of the population, no matter how talented or wise, will make better decisions more frequently than the nation as a whole. We recognize the right of all individuals to participate in the governing process, to help choose the laws under which they must live. Possession of marijuana, though an act which may deserve punishment, does not merit permanent severance from the body politic...
...perhaps, the council would also be wise to keep a portion of the money out of the students' hands--and hire itself a professional accountant...