Word: wisely
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...system keeps this important liberal advantage. Even the advocates of direct popular election admit that the Southern and small states would never permit it, and it is thus out of the question. Nor is the plan whereby a state's votes would be allocated proportionate to its popular vote wise from the liberal point of view; in fact, this plan is favored by the one-party South precisely because it would split the votes of the great populous urban states, leaving the Southern vote unified. A third formula, to elect electors from Congressional districts, would be disastrous, since Congressional districts...
Happily, the public will get its money's worth. Greeted by Hollywood wise guys with vulgar hoots ("Preminger's matzo opera . . . the first Jewish western"), Exodus nevertheless turns out-despite its duration (four hours, including intermission) and an irritating tendency to Zionist tirade-to be a serious, expert, frightening and inspiring political thriller...
...move which initially touched off the trouble--President Kasavubu's firing of then Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. Although the step was within the constitutional power of the President, it was an emergency power intended for extreme cases, according to Takizala. "I wonder now if it was very wise," he said...
...Uses of Power. The wise are sometimes called upon to make painful revisions, for the content of natural law may change with time and circumstance. Throughout the Middle Ages, the practice of lending money at interest (usury) was held to be against natural law because money was considered naturally
...wise or necessary is the U.S. law that requires 25% of all Federal Reserve notes and deposits (85% of all currency in circulation) to be backed by gold? Last week one of the most prominent voices in the financial world declared that the 15-year-old reserve requirement, long considered the soul of economic orthodoxy, has outlived its usefulness. Said Henry Clay Alexander, chairman of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., addressing the annual meeting of the Investment Bankers Association in Hollywood Fla.: "Repeal of the 25% gold-backing provision would be a logical step in the further improvement...