Word: conceptions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...legal system, for example, hardly recognizes the concept of voluntariness when it comes to children: a pederast who claims his victim had sex with him "voluntarily" effectively forfeits his defense...
Athletics is no longer a narrowly defined business, and the "scholar-athlete" ideal is a glorious but outdated concept. Once that's realized, regulations like the four-year college-football rule and Rule 48 will be reduced to a non-controversy...
...concept that the army can play a role in unifying a society as well as in protecting it has scarcely been discussed in the United States in recent years. Instead, our armed forces have primarily become a home for socially marginal individuals who cannot find anything better to do. In Switzerland, military service is revered as a social duty, much like voting. By contrast, many Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of military service and keep it at arm's length--if they can afford...
...earlier argument that some unidentified people were hiding antireligious sentiments behind that constitutional wall. Said he: "I can't think of anyone who favors the Government establishing a religion in this country. I know I don't. But what some would do is to twist the concept of freedom of religion to mean 'freedom against religion.'" That muddied the waters again, since it was by no means clear just how freedom causes religious problems that Government should redress: the usual reading of the First Amendment is that Government and the President are supposed to be officially...
HOWIE (on the phone): It's high concept. A bunch of young moguls play this simulated war game every Sunday, and suddenly it turns ugly when a frustrated screenwriter packs a real pistol and shoots his agent. I'm talking blockbuster...