51.   The common wisdom these days is that the president is weary, increasingly disengaged and discouraged by his lame-duck status.

52.   The common wisdom is that another such attack would compel Netanyahu to take draconian measures that would put all peace efforts on freeze for a long time.

53.   The common wisdom is that the Democrats cannot win without California, though Republicans could win by scraping together enough smaller states.

54.   The end of the Cold War, the common wisdom holds, was a historical watershed.

55.   The lesson in all this amends common wisdom.

56.   The party conventions are more than a year away, and the common wisdom has been wrong before.

57.   THE PROS AND CONS OF NAPPING Common wisdom for parents is to nap when your baby does.

58.   The true age of a horse, common wisdom holds, can be told by looking in its mouth.

59.   The two had become friends while Agassi was still a teenager, and common wisdom would suggest Agassi needed a sterner hand.

60.   They confound the common wisdom.