71.   And with no new conventional wisdom in place, economists and analysts are groping for a way to explain and examine the economic realities on the ground.

72.   And the conventional wisdom on Wall Street has been that apparel businesses, subject to consumer whims and questionable accounting, are not to be trusted.

73.   And what were the odds of John Rocker continuing to shoot holes through conventional wisdom, especially in a hostile environment?

74.   And the race has appeared to defy the conventional wisdom that runaway contests inevitably tighten in the final weeks.

75.   And, in many ways, the conventional wisdom is true, experts say.

76.   And this book offers more than a mere parody of conventional psychoanalytic wisdom.

77.   And yet, in brazen defiance of the conventional wisdom, endorsements are suddenly and dramatically back.

78.   Another challenge to the conventional wisdom came from Ed Winter, chief executive of the Channel One Network unit of K-III Communications Corp.

79.   Armchair quarterbacks and conventional wisdom said the Longhorns would try to run for the first down.