Search Details

Word: wising (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...advice to keep friends close and enemies closer was wise for many reasons, including this one: if you don't, your enemies will draw close to each other. At the moment, Russia is building a $1billion nuclear reactor in Iran; Ahmadinejad is basking in his first state visit from a major world leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Common Cause. | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...Undergraduate Council (UC) would therefore have been wise to take Pilbeam’s advice and recommit its poorly regulated party grants to other causes, such as the DAPA grant program, class-wide social events, and some of our 390 student organizations...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, Emma M. Lind, Joanna Naples-mitchell, Juliet S. Samuel, and Matthew L. Sundquist | Title: Cracking Down on Drinking | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...better than the gym, shopping or the bar scene. But we were taught that belly dancing was originally a way for Middle Eastern women to stay fit and ease labor, and only later did it develop into a form of art and enticement. I like that version better - the wise women of antiquity and all that. Darlene Baker, Onoway, Canada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...liken bar visits to CIA missions: one must be inconspicuous, stealthy, and cavalier. The bouncer is the enemy. With compassion for the newly sober under-agers roaming the campus (hi Dean Pilbeam!), FM decided to take one for the metaphorical “team” and follow the wise adage: “keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” To accomplish this mission, we approached some of the Square’s most notorious bouncers to learn the tricks of the trade. FM first visited the oft-frequented Hong Kong Restaurant, best known...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bouncing in the Square | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...accompanying plaque. The painting calls for the story to be read metaphorically. “Majnun with Gazelle” portrays a modestly dressed Majnun engrossed in the Koran, suggesting that students concentrate on their religious studies. Expanding on that point, the text behind Majnun urges students to be wise. In contrast, Majnun appears princely in his golden robe with blue details and decorated white turban in “Layla Visiting Majnun,” a Turkish rendition of the tale. Behind a setting of fluffy blue waves and birds carrying intertwining blue branches, this Majnun is too decadent...

Author: By Alina Voronov, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Myth Takes ‘Mad’ Turn | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | Next