Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grilled cheese sandwich," according to one philosopher who inscribed his wisdom on the walls of Holworthy's basement laundry room...
Only a few years ago, the popular wisdom among fast-food analysts was that McDonald's growth would have to slow down because it had already built an outlet in nearly every feasible location. Since then, though, McDonald's has expanded far beyond its traditional base in the suburbs. The company has built more than 50 outlets on U.S. military bases, five on university campuses and one at a public zoo. At St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, where a McDonald's outlet has replaced the coffee shop, doctors and nurses line up for burgers between rounds. The company...
Mario Cuomo vs. Howard Baker in the presidential finals? When one of Cuomo's advisers, after watching an impressive Baker performance on a talk show, mused about what might be called the "turn-to" factor, the Governor laughed it off. Conventional wisdom, well versed in the lessons of past wars, says that fantasies about brokered conventions or late-starting saviors are merely that, fantasies. Yet a few contrarians, surveying the fractured and vulnerable fields shaping up in both parties, believe a 1988 nomination may yet go to a heavyweight unsullied by the early combat. Says Eddie Mahe, a Republican consultant...
...national candidacy in time for the Southern round of primaries on March 8. This could succeed, Strauss speculates, because the earliest contests might yield a "dog's dinner result" -- a lot of scraps and leftovers -- for the present pack. If so, a Nunn or a Cuomo could defy conventional wisdom by waiting until after that round to leap...
...more cautious language, several days later. Immediately following the leak, telephone lines at blood centers and American Red Cross chapters were flooded with calls from panicky transfusion recipients, and top public health officials from New York State, New York City and New Jersey issued a statement questioning the wisdom of the CDC proposal...