Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some cases, the global concept succeeded brilliantly. Typically, a worldwide Saatchi campaign is custom tailored to the styles and tastes of local markets, though sometimes only a translation of the ad copy is necessary. The parent firm's memorable campaign for British Airways, in which the island of Manhattan is seen coming in for a landing at London's Heathrow Airport, has run in 40 countries. Customers have liked the global idea: Saatchi agencies now represent more than 100 clients in five or more countries, including Fisher-Price toys and Allied-Lyons foods...
President F.W. de Klerk has rejected the concept of such an assembly. He has offered to negotiate a new constitution that would extend limited political rights to the Black majority of 28 million, but he wants Black negotiators chosen in segregated elections...
...misportrayal of Rawls' "Justice of Fairness" hurts all parties involved. First-year students will graduate from Ec 10 with a flawed concept of an important modern political philosophy. But Ec 10 also suffers. Students who have taken the popular Moral Reasoning course "Justice" or Philosophy 171, both of which treat Rawls in depth, can only become cynical about the Economics Department...
What does it mean to the concept of honest political "debate" when, in the 1980's both parties supported huge tax breaks for the rich and large corporations, when both parties supported major cutbacks in funding for education, housing, environmental proection and desperately-needed social services, when both parties supported major increases in military spending and the 8-year-old C.I.A.-Contra was against Nicaragua...
...always been fascinated by the concept of the untouchable caste, whether it's cancer victims, drug addicts, Latin women, homosexuals. An overriding concern of mine is to touch the untouchables and to show their humanity. Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational...