All 10 Uses of
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- Daugherty arranged for Harding to address the 1916 Republican presidential convention because he knew that people only had to see Harding and hear that magnificent rumbling voice to be convinced of his worthiness for higher office.†
Chpt 3
- Harding entered the Republican convention that summer sixth among a field of six.†
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- The convention was deadlocked between the two leading candidates, so, Daugherty predicted, the delegates would be forced to look for an alternative.†
Chpt 3
- But that was an utterly conventional kind of war: two heavily armed and organized forces meeting and fighting in an open battlefield.†
Chpt 4
- Blue Team's commanders were also given a tool called Effects-Based Operations, which directed them to think beyond the conventional military method of targeting and destroying an adversary's military assets.†
Chpt 4
- But at least a conventional play has structure.†
Chpt 4
- Conventional economic wisdom, of course, says that the more choices consumers have, the more likely they are to buy, because it is easier for consumers to find the jam that perfectly fits their needs.†
Chpt 4
- Virginia Demos, who teaches psychology at Harvard, recalls having long conversations with Tomkins during the 1988 Democratic National Convention.†
Chpt 6
- The conventional wisdom at the time held...
Chpt 6 *conventional = normal
- The conventional wisdom at the time held that expressions were culturally determined—that is, we simply used our faces according to a set of learned social conventions.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting