The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. From LearnThat.org. [John Galbraith]
conventional wisdom. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
conventional bourgeois lives. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A conventional view of the world. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The term conventional tillage refers to land preparation in which there is maximum disturbance of the soil structure. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
In this report the term conventional energy is used to refer to fossil fuel, nuclear energy, and large-scale hydropower. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
In theory, an effort is made in "conventional" wars to be discriminating in the infliction of war deaths. From Wordnik.com. [Death, Legal and Illegal] Reference
It is they who make her undergo the discomforts or miseries of what we call conventional life or bully her into exile or death. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
I think that was the short-term conventional wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2007] Reference
I've never much of a believer in conventional wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [conventional wisdom] Reference
Sometimes going conventional is not the wrong course. From Wordnik.com. [Blogtalk: The Biden Factor - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
How much residual pesticides could be in conventional wines?. From Wordnik.com. [Wine, allergies, histamines and sulfites - reactions from an allergist | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
I don't think about Ashbery's work in conventional evaluative ways. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: More Brand Upon the Brain!] Reference
The flavour is more gamey than one is accustomed to in conventional lamb. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-10] Reference
Now, that was the old saga; and in Greek conventional eyes, it was all right. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
One way to look at this: a set of costs that is overlooked in conventional theories. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
Allopathic medicine is often referred to as conventional, mainstream or Western medicine. From Wordnik.com. Reference
We will use blogs to convey information, sometimes in conventional ways, sometimes not-so. From Wordnik.com. [Maybe they want that blogging Pulitzer « BuzzMachine] Reference
The story is told not so much in conventional narrative form, but in hints and intimations. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: DVD. The Double Life of Véronique.] Reference
We have another initiative which is we call our conventional redevelopment of non-resources. From Wordnik.com. Reference
SCHNEIDER: Kerry is sometimes described as a conventional candidate, like Walter Mondale in 1984. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2004] Reference
Slightly more conventional is his ¾ - length felt pea coat with a zipper at the waist, £ 1,495. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Winter Coat] Reference
Along with our allies, we would be expected to carry a share of any increase in conventional forces. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Arms Control: Canada and the Western Alliance in 1987] Reference
And you challenged what some called the conventional wisdom about illegal immigration in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Listeners Sound Off On Immigration, Shirley Sherrod] Reference
Bombing (or whatever) people into submission might work in conventional warfare, not fanatical terrorism. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rumsfeld: War Critics Being Manipulated By Zarqawi and Bin Laden’s ‘Media Committees’] Reference
"Glad to meet you, Graham Womble," he said in conventional tones, as though acknowledging an introduction. From Wordnik.com. [A Day's Lodging] Reference
It was difficult to avoid retrospect, but Bridget seemed determined to keep it within conventional limits. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land] Reference
New technologies are enabling these countries to skip over what were major milestones in conventional cycles. From Wordnik.com. [Business Without Boundaries] Reference
“Bombing (or whatever) people into submission might work in conventional warfare, not fanatical terrorism.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rumsfeld: War Critics Being Manipulated By Zarqawi and Bin Laden’s ‘Media Committees’] Reference
Prolonged exposure to a wide range of hormonal ingredients in conventional cosmetics and personal care products. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms] Reference
Short longer-term conventional gilts (post QE) - Short sterling (watch out for sterling's PPP though) - Buy gold. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
But if such costs were omitted from measurement, as they still are in conventional accounts, so were some returns. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Kuznets - Prize Lecture] Reference
Thanksgiving 1965, for the first time, regular North Vietnamese regiments engaged in conventional battle with U.S. forces. From Wordnik.com. [McClelland, Paul T. Jr.] Reference
For the energy industry, it will certainly provide an incentive to increase investment in conventional oil and gas activities. From Wordnik.com. [Energy: The New Challenges and Opportunities] Reference
The trio is in conventional style for the late 1940s, but the sixteen-year-old voice is moaning the blues like a sixty-year-old. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord’s Music and the Devil’s Words] Reference
Parlor politeness – and something more; something infinitely finer and better than mere obedience to certain conventional rules. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
It may make them “bad” writers by certain conventional standards but its part of what makes them more than worthy of scrutiny. From Wordnik.com. [Ethics and Enthusiasm] Reference
Regent's catalogue includes a passage describing its philosophy of education, which is phrased in conventional evangelical language. From Wordnik.com. [The Warring Visions of the Religious Right] Reference
We are putting all our resources into winning a right that only the few of us in long-term conventional couple relationships will enjoy. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Ostertag: Gay Marriage, Part 2] Reference
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