Word: conceptions
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Organizers also said they believe thatGreenspan's selection betrays the liberal artsmission of the University because it propagatesthe concept of University as pre-professionalbusiness organization...
...concept that I was walking into a huge transition time. I don't think any of us did," Bundles says...
...suggestion that we should employ here aprocedure comparable to that required by thenecessities of secret government work andinvestigate the loyalty of our staff is utterlyrepugnant to my concept of a university," hecontinued...
...Last week the Vice President added to his litany an idea borrowed from Republican theology, one that would have been considered heresy among Democrats a few years ago: giving federal money to religious groups that take a "faith-based" approach to curing social ills. Gore would expand the concept, already being used in carrying out welfare reform, to services such as drug treatment, homeless aid and the prevention of youth violence. "I believe that faith in itself is sometimes essential to spark a personal transformation," Gore declared at an Atlanta Salvation Army center...
That is a sentiment that, in variation, finds a chorus of amens in almost every presidential campaign this year. In Texas, Governor George W. Bush says his proudest innovation is a program that allows welfare recipients to be given assistance from faith-based organizations. On Capitol Hill the concept has been championed by Republican John Kasich, another presidential contender. And former Senator Bill Bradley, Gore's only Democratic rival, has said that religious organizations are crucial to building a "civil society...