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Word: wisdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...startling turnaround, it is her views that are bugging the experts. Writing in the current issue of the respected Quarterly Review of Biology, the evolutionary biologist from the University of California, Berkeley, has proposed a radical theory of menstruation that not only challenges accepted wisdom but stands it on its head. According to Profet, a woman's flow is not some incidental event in the reproductive process or just a sign of failed fertility. Instead, it is a mechanism that protects fertility by preventing sperm-borne bacteria from infecting the womb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Woman's Best Defense | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...consulted a master--the master--for a little wisdom that would begin to explain the injustice of it all. His name is Confucius...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Groovy Train | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

Certainly, as a sapient individual I take responsibility for my curricular mistakes, but some wisdom at the right time might have saved me the pain. I am paying too much for classes here to be wasting that money. I could have a Lexus, for God's sake...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: `Now What Exactly Is the Core?' | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...debate is over. We have found Truth. And if you dare to question the collective democratic spirit, you shall be struck down like the intellectually inferior dog that you are. In fact, I should expect to be crucified for even making these observations. Tolerance apparently only extends to accepted wisdom. In the pursuit of freedom for all, we are wandering haphazardly down the path of complete repression. Only in such a miserable intellectual vacuum can we take such supreme delight in the intensely stupid antics of two poorly-drawn, obnoxious cartoon characters...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Malcontents | 9/22/1993 | See Source »

...time, we say, since morals and ideals are a load of crap--this is a cop-out of the worst kind because not only does it relieve us of any responsibility, but it also provides a false sense of superiority. We, the cynical, are blessed with the infinite wisdom to not buy into the bunk that's force-fed to us by tired high school civics teachers. The rest of you are fools. This is what I felt as an intern this past summer, and I know I'm not alone...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, | Title: The View From a Senatorial Mailroom | 9/22/1993 | See Source »

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