Word: notional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Liberals "must divest themselves of the notion that the nation, especially the cities, can be run from agencies in Washington." Because the Federal Government is "good at collecting revenues and rather bad at disbursing services," federal money should be shared generously with state and local authorities on a "permanent, ongoing basis." Initiative in using the money should be left to the locality. "Let us be frank. The original, determining opposition to this proposition has come from liberals, not conservatives, in Washington, and we should be ashamed of ourselves...
...lecture the Archbishop, who was once a professor of Divinity at Durham University, examined three species of the "death of God talk." First he attacked the notion that God--primarily concerned with religion and piety--is dead. "No such God ever existed," Archbishop Ramsey declared. "Religionless Christianity is now the spiritual reality...
...Bostonians. They have long clung to the notion that there's something special about the Red Sox. This self-deception is a product of New England provincialism, and has been blown out of proportion by the often unbelievable Boston newspapers...
...same time, however, most Americans are unable to disabuse themselves of the notion that countering Communist thrusts around the globe is one of the most important jobs of their government...
...first theory involved is that the national government and national politics is the primary source of liberal social innovation, especially with respect to problems of urbanization and industrialization. I do not believe history will support this notion. The fact of the matter is that it has been from the cities and to a lesser extent the State governments that something like a preponderance of social programs have come in the twentieth century, for the most part, of course, cities and states of the North. There are many reasons for this, of which probably the most important is that until recently...