But wisdom or, to put it less pretentiously, learned life lessons probably is.
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But conventional wisdom in the museum world dictates that raising endowment money is too tough to tackle.
But this wisdom depends on the diversity of the people making the guesses.
But conventional wisdom is that hedge funds need the tight control and secrecy of partnerships in order to cope with the turbulence of their industry.
Anything but conventional wisdom fraudulently misrepresented as new and profound knowledge.
But the wisdom of that policy is based on the premise that state and local governments will make wise investments in vital infrastructure and public services.
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The validity of a bonus should not be at issue, but the wisdom, motives and expertise of the bonus program architects should come under great scrutiny.
Alan, the great piano tuner, in his infinite but indirect wisdom, kept money market rates so low that the banks could arbitrage money and dig themselves out of their management-made mud slides.
What Sonia will bring to the court, then, is not only the knowledge and experience acquired over a course of a brilliant legal career, but the wisdom accumulated from an inspiring life's journey.
But the prevailing wisdom is that, in the current fiscal crisis, nothing less will suffice.
These numbers contradict not just conventional wisdom but also the registration figures from states like California.
But ancient Chinese wisdom teaches that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
But in their wisdom, the American people elected Barack Obama to succeed Bush in the White House.
There is competition between barbershops, not only for the best haircut, but the best wisdom and talk, isn't there.
Brian Cox is in fine, smiling fettle as Menenius, an adviser always ready with practical wisdom but defeated by events.
Coping with climate change will certainly cost money it is anyone's guess how much but plenty of wisdom will be needed too.
He is leading the unwinding of Lehman, but his true wisdom in this area comes from having pulled companies like HealthSouth back from the abyss.
At age 2, a child does not understand what happened, but with the wisdom, care and support of his loved ones, over time, he will.
These investing blunders, of course, were not the first time that the Crawleys have proved to be a family possessed of considerable wealth, but little financial wisdom.
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But the conventional wisdom is about to be confounded.
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But now this wisdom is being stood on its head: though it may not be worth shipping cement from Mexico to Europe, know-how and investment can be swiftly poured into any market.
But while conventional wisdom says that free-flowing invective suppresses voter turnout, there's every indication that Montanans will come to the polls and the most recent reports show Tester leading by a small margin.
Mr Meles is said to be pondering the idea of promoting private property rights, but the conventional wisdom among his officials is that, if peasants could sell their land, they would do so immediately, drink the proceeds and head for the cities, where they would become an unsightly and potentially disruptive underclass.
His thesis has since become conventional wisdom, but in the civil-rights era it was the purest heresy.
Our interest is not only to study his investment wisdom, but to decode how the man makes a deal.
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Perhaps his story is more powerful because you're not only taking in his wisdom, but you are experiencing his death.
But casting aside the wisdom of our fathers comes at great peril.
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