Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walked back to the river, however, it seemed that something about the monumental wisdom I had just heard wasn't quite true. At first, I couldn't quite identify what. And then I remembered...
...home front, there are ennobling signs that the nation has transcended the bitter legacy of Vietnam. Aside from a few ill-timed sneers by Dan Quayle, no major public figure has maligned the patriotism of the antiwar protesters. Whatever one's personal views on the wisdom of the war, there is a collective sense of respect and obligation toward the men and women in uniform. Yes, the volunteer army means that the sacrifice of having a son, a relative, a friend in Saudi Arabia is shared unevenly. My own burden is scant. But class and caste also shielded people like...
...larger question, of course, is the adequacy -- moral, material and martial -- of America. A month ago, conventional wisdom had the U.S. being overtaken as a great power by Japan. Perhaps. But is making a superior Walkman a better index of technological sophistication than making laser bombs that enter hangars through the front door? Is a nation's ability to make VCRs a better index of power than the ability to defeat aggression...
...usually be really nervous about playing a rookie in such a big game," But Lite Coach Less Filling says. "Conventional wisdom would be to start the veteran and bring the rookie in later if things aren't going well, but the kid is something special. He knows the game of football. His teammates have adopted him immediately. It wouldn't be right not to give him the whole game to make something happen...
...bright intellectual flourish meant to cover the retreat of the Federal Government from almost everything? "No," says Pinkerton, "it is an intellectual construct to make things work. It is a way of thinking about change and making it rational. I have never said we should cut spending. The conventional wisdom around Washington is that nothing works. Americans don't believe...