Word: wise
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Chancellor of the Exchequer, Major has a solid reputation in economic affairs, but his youth and relative inexperience in the Cabinet are held against him. Hurd, on the other hand, is regarded as experienced, wise and with the necessary "bottom," a Tory expression for depth of character. His drawbacks: a lack of expertise in economic affairs and any talents for arousing voters in an election campaign. Hurd and Major are friends with great mutual respect; they are also a bit like Tweedledee and Tweedledum to many Britons. Heseltine is different, controversial, and he has one great advantage: he can fire...
...Elis secondary quartet of seniors John Furjanic and juniors Eric Drury, Maurice Saah and Scott Wagner has been as maligned as the Harvard offense. Ranked last passing-wise in the Ivy League, the Yale defense has allowed 57 percent of its opponents' passes to be completed for 2077 yards. Opposing QB's would be candidates for the Heisman Trophy with a pass efficiency rating...
...people voted, but the press pulled the strings. If not for the fiendish manipulation of the partisans at the Boston Globe and WCVB-TV (and The Crimson, perhaps), the wise people of Massachusetts would have chosen correctly...
...play honest hockey," Smith said. "We hope that teams look past us, and we can sneak by them. We don't have mirrors or smoke here. We have a group of seniors here who have been through some lean years. We'd like to salvage their experiences, record-wise...
...While male lockups may train inmates for such high-paying trades as welding and mechanics, courses in women's facilities still concentrate on homemaking or low-paid skills like beautician and launderer. The pity is that women inmates, often the sole support of their families, are "more motivated career-wise than the men," says Paul Bestolarides, who directs a program at the Northern California Women's Facility in Stockton that includes training in landscaping and electrical work. Too often a woman leaves prison even less equipped to earn an honest living than her male counterpart...