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Formerly, in the past, as in Time was, the city streets were perfectly safe at night . [Mid-1500s]
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“The conventional wisdom at the time was to find a person who has access to information, works really hard — not to trust the markets to do their job,” Eugene Fama, a director at Dimensional Fund Advisors and one of several Nobel Prize winners who work at the firm, says in the documentary.

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"The conventional wisdom at the time was to find a person who has access to information, works really hard — not to trust the markets to do their job"

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At the start of 2020 the average waiting time was six weeks.

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A pure popcorn movie would pick fireworks over fleeing to safety, especially when the common wisdom of the time was that sequels were dreck.

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The two longtime friends, who frequently pop up at each other’s sold-out arena shows, said they felt the time was right to finally make a major co-headlining appearance together.

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