Word: conceptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PERLMUTTER: You deny the concept of a Jewish national state. We live in an age of national movements. The Jews came to Zion, the [historic] land of the Jews. A Jew from Russia has a right to come to Haifa because it is the Jewish national homeland, as much as Egypt is for an Egyptian. As for the Palestinians, during the British mandate there were no Palestinians. People came from Syria, Egypt or what is now Lebanon who lived in the area called Palestine. You know, if we are going to history, we will never resolve...
...reminder of the massacre of eleven Israelis at the summer games in Munich four years ago; a lovely, old city of narrow streets and gilded buildings, crammed with cars, microwave towers and the trappings of progress. There will be much talk about the glory of amateur athletics, although the concept is now scarcely more alive than Innsbruck's medieval statuary...
Syria's aim is to eliminate the concept of negotiation in the Middle East, that "is working out extremely well so far," so that it can dictate a settlement to Israel, Herzog said...
...deeper look will show that the concept of the "empty organism," plastic and unstructured, apart from being false also serves naturally as the support for the most reactionary of social doctrines. If people are, in fact, malleable and plastic beings with no essential psychological nature, then why should they not be controlled and coerced by those who claim authority, special knowledge, and a unique insight into what is best for those less enlightened...
...early 1960s, banks further began to concentrate on "liability management"-the concept of borrowing money to relend it at a higher rate. Citibank developed the negotiable certificate of deposit-a security that offers higher-than-usual interest to a corporation or individual investor willing to leave money in the bank for a fixed period, such as one year. If an investor wants his money back sooner, he can sell the CD to someone else. Formally, the money is a deposit; actually, it is a loan to the bank. Banks also began borrowing from the huge pool of Eurodollars held abroad...