Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...paying too much attention to functionaries whose most important job is to show up and unlock the basketballs every day? Fortunately, there is a solution. In professional tennis, a sport not otherwise known for wisdom and moderation, coaches are forbidden to communicate with their players during matches. No yelling, no signals, no meaningful throwing of chairs, or a penalty is imposed...
Hence the supposed wisdom of proposing that the insurance companies be located at the very center of the medical system. They are, as we all know, remarkably adept at weeding out sickly consumers and harassing providers about the need for each and every test or procedure performed. Beyond that, the HIPCs and insurance companies will be doing their best to herd us all into "managed care" plans featuring a limited choice of physicians and strong financial incentives against anything that could be regarded as overutilization. Never mind that utilization has remained constant for the past 10 years, while costs have...
...animal behaviorist and radio broadcaster who produces the animal segments on television's Live with Regis & Kathie Lee. "Years ago," he says, "I wrote an article on the effects of divorce on pets. People said I was crazy. Now it's actively under research." Eckstein even attacks the conventional wisdom that dogs are gregarious and cats are aloof. "It all depends on how you treat them. Raise a kitten the way you would a puppy, and it will grow up to act like a dog." (Scientists like Bekoff insist that the behavioral differences are in fact innate and that they...
...medicines to suffering Bosnians? Or back away from responsibility? Initially wary of a venture he feared might jeopardize the safety of peacekeepers on the ground, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali eventually endorsed the plan, but some members of the Security Council continued to fret privately about the wisdom of the airlift. European allies suspected Clinton's initiative might have resulted from the need to be seen as doing something more active -- a public relations ploy designed to display American leadership. But the airlift also signaled a degree of U.S. engagement that the Europeans have encouraged...
...things really that simple? Today's conventional wisdom dictates that the conflict cannot be solved by intervention. But for world leaders looking for a solution, some historical perspective may help...