Word: wisdoms
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...Conventional wisdom is that our biggest fear, greater than the fear of death, is the fear of public speaking. Based on search data, however, conventional wisdom is wrong. In fact, the "fear of public speaking" doesn't even make the top 10. Over the last two years of persistent Threat Level Orange, the fear of flying has consistently ranked as our most ominous apprehension...
...read that jokey-sounding title correctly. That font of wisdom, American "intel," somehow gains the impression that the British prime minister, about to make an uplifting visit to the war zone, has been targeted for assassination. Therefore, a squad of American soldiers, acting on a bad tip, goes barging into the home of one Yunis Khatayer Abbas, looking for bombs, or bomb-making equipment, or anything that may incriminate him and his family in this dirty deed. All they find is a locked ammunition box that proves to contain shampoo and party decorations. What Abbas and his brothers...
...Alan has served the University with remarkable distinction, and I am pleased that Harvard will continue to have the benefit of his wisdom, sound judgment, and broad experience at this moment of transition,” Faust wrote in a statement...
Actually, they have. Despite today's conventional wisdom, Democrats didn't suffer in the 1970s for opposing Vietnam. And they're even less likely to pay a political price for trying to end the war in Iraq...
...there should be one faith test. Faith in our country. Sure, there will be bumps along the way. But in the end, what is required in teaching about the Bible in our public schools is patriotism: a belief that we live in a nation that understands the wisdom of its Constitution clearly enough to allow the most important book in its history to remain vibrantly accessible for everyone...