Word: wising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their bacchanalia with an off-campus keg party featuring "funneling," in which beer is shot through a rubber hose into the drinker's mouth. Next came a communal bender at Murphy's bar, a frat hangout a few hundred yards from L.S.U. There, the libation of choice was "Three Wise Men," a high-octane mix of 151-proof rum, Crown Royal whiskey and Jagermeister liqueur. Wynne "was staggering, but no more than a lot of other people," says a college woman who was there. The festivities ended with upperclassmen wheeling the pledges out of the bar in shopping carts, because...
...memorial service on Sunday, Lucker's colleagues, friends and family said people turned to her with their problems, questions and concerns and always received wise and ethical advice...
...returns to China with a colossal legacy and a new spirit. It is like a son who brings home with him not only an inheritance but also an updated modus operandi in free markets, democracy, trade expertise and entrepreneurship. Will the son's parents be humble and wise enough to take advantage of his savvy and experience? JOAO MYSZKO Pinhais, Brazil
...were convicted despite Italy's 30-year statute of limitations on murder, a decision which the prosecutor, Antonino Intelisano, said compensated for the relatively light sentences. After seeking a life term for Priebke and 24 years for Hass, Intelisano claimed not to be disappointed. "This is a very wise and balanced verdict," he said. "It meets everybody's expectations. It affirms the principle that there is no statute of limitations on murder for war crimes...
...Cairo. Yet the heart of her book is an inner quest as she tries to piece together the fragments of her life and loves by observing the natural wonders around her. She learns how stars and flowers were defined with the same Coptic words, and exchanges poems with wise, sand-hardened guides. Even when she goes fishing, she comes upon the "green unicorn fish," which uses its buckteeth to eat coral, and the "apricot-yellow" boxfish, which resembles "a lovely joke, a gift for a friend." The northern side of the Ras Benas peninsula of the Red Sea, she writes...