Word: wising
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...amazed by modern-day use of electricity, Franklin chimes in with his baritone voice while busily marveling at an iPhone. His choice from the menu: innovation. Dazzled by the past two centuries of achievements, he is likely discussing bio-fuels while Shirley and Edgar teach him to twitter. The wise Ben Franklin would speak illuminating words for our recent graduates, inspiring them to recognize the power of innovation in all its forms. And if told that it’s not on the menu, he would simply provide the recipe...
...taxes.” In February of 1959, the Cambridge City Council had considered, but ultimately voted down, an order proposed by Vellucci that would require the MTA to notify the body of any plans to sell land in Cambridge.Commenting on the order in 1959, Councillor Pearl K. Wise said, “It seems to me that Harvard is not entitled to two more Houses facing the river.”But other councillors, including Harvard graduates Edward A. Crane ’35 and Joseph A. DeGuglielmo ’29, defended the university’s efforts...
...think what sort of distinguished Chanequa for me was that I always left conversations with her with a new insight because she had such a wise perspective about the world,” Priour said. “We spent a lot of time having intellectual conversations in the middle of the night or during...
...speech at the University of California, Berkeley, Sotomayor aired the view that judges' gender and ethnic backgrounds inevitably affect their decision-making and probably should. She said then, "Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement ... I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life...
...speech at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, Sotomayor aired the view that a judge's gender and ethnic background inevitably affect his or her decision-making, and probably should. She said then, "Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement ... I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male...