Word: wisdom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only a few years ago, the orthodox wisdom was that the U.S. would never suffer such hyperinflation, but that if it ever did, the whole economy would be shattered and the democratic political system would be endangered. Yet in 1979 the economy showed a remarkable resiliency and a resistance to deep recession. People learned to cope. They reduced their spending for gas-thirsty big cars and such little luxuries as hardcover books, records and tennis equipment. But they kept right on spending for other goods, particularly the high-quality and the durable, in part because they figured that almost everything...
Throughout her visit, Thatcher repeatedly praised Carter and the American people for their restraint; Europe, after all, is concerned that U.S. patience may crack and lead to retaliatory action that would create even greater problems. "Our admiration," she said, "goes to the American people for their patience and wisdom and self-control," which of course was a plea for continued coolness...
...variety of wastes and especially grown crops, could stretch declining natural gas supplies and help the U.S. bridge the 50-year period before it can achieve what he thinks possible: a completely solar-powered society). But the Department of Energy does not dismiss such ideas?and there may be wisdom here. What the woodburners and the backyard inventors are expressing is more than flabby "life-style" preening; it is an exceedingly determined kind of self-reliance: "I am going to stay warm, damn the Arabs, and damn the oil companies, and damn the damned Government...
...principle behind keeping a body warm is the same as that for a house: insulation. Several layers of clothing that trap pockets of air next to the body work most effectively. With that in mind, Americans are reviving traditional cold-weather wisdom. Natural fabrics are in demand again; wool, cotton and silk are most comfortable because they breathe, allowing perspiration to evaporate. No one any longer laughs at "snuggies," those sturdy thigh-length undertrousers that Grandma used to wear. Fur has begun to shed its politically uncool image (the American fur industry does not use pelts from endangered species such...
...morning session at the World Conference on the Future of Mankind, the English-speaking delegates in Committee Room B were discussing 'Science and Spiritual Wisdom.' After the third speaker, a meteorologist, had delivered his speech, an earnest American student stood up and asked...