Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presence of the past, with its evidence of the mingled aspirations and disappointments of our ancestors." Walking along an old street among old buildings, the implicit history and sense of continuity are both reassuring and invigorating. The graceful proportions of facades are not arbitrary but the result of craft wisdom worked out over generations of trial and error. The scale of buildings and streets, based on human size and pedestrian stride, makes intuitive sense. Indeed, old sections of cities embody all sorts of folk and classical principles concerning residential density and building size and materials and zoning. In the very...
...Never apologize, never explain." That ancient macho motto may be the only bit of traditional wisdom Scottish Filmmaker Bill Forsyth believes in. The glory of his wee pictures (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) is the way people appear out of nowhere, disappear without warning, and never discuss their motives for doing either. In his world no one has heard of Freud, let alone a well-made screenplay. They are, however, well prepared for life's little surprises...
...hasn't been much of a season for Yale lacrosse, goes the common wisdom...
...common wisdom is right...
...situation is analogous to the Gary Hart adultery "scandal." It's not the fact that he couldn't keep it in his pants that disqualified him for the presidency. The real problem, the common wisdom had it, was that he lied about his extra-marital activities...