Word: notional
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...counterrally voiced the concerns of large numbers of women (and men) who have instinctive and philosophical objections to abortion and homosexuality. Some may agree that homosexuals should not be discriminated against in jobs or housing and still draw the line at the notion that homosexuality is a mere sexual "preference," morally neutral and not damaging to children. Critics see the conference program as leading to the erosion of the family and further blurring of male and female roles in a society whose standards, they believe, have substantially declined. Many of the pro-family supporters are religious fundamentalists whose views derive...
...become proficient with observation satellites, interception of foreign radar and microwave communications, and other secret esoterica, but the notion that technology can extensively replace manpower in intelligence work is hotly disputed. Contends James Angleton, former chief of counterintelligence at the agency: "Technical intelligence devoid of human intelligence is dangerous. Lacking vital on-site inspection, you must have the capability to penetrate the enemy's deception plans." Agents also argue that U.S. satellites can now be knocked out by Soviet "hunter-killer" satellites and thus could be rendered useless in a crisis. One former high-level insider warns: "We would...
...Jawaharlal Nehru; he believed India could assert its independence only by building up its own industries, but felt that this could best be accomplished if fledgling Indian firms operated in tandem with foreign companies. Under the leadership of Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi, the government pushed the notion of industrial nationalism much further. Indian officials assert that India's struggling state-owned Computer Maintenance Corp. could service the IBM equipment in the country without difficulty; after all, that should not be beyond a country that has produced an atomic bomb, nuclear power plants and, even more...
Successful humor is much rarer than successful class war, so it may not matter that Wertmuller's original notion of a weak character disintegrating under economic pressures gets lost in all the commotion. It may be worth mentioning, however, that Pryor's characterizations have nothing to do with the cool black humor of such modern comics as Bill Cosby and the late Godfrey Cambridge. He plays eye-rolling, foot-shuffling, minstrel-show darkies, with a bit of ghetto fast-mouth thrown in. On the other hand, the audience in which this reviewer sat was 90% black, and everyone...
...Warren V. Slack, associate professor of Medicine, in a New York Times editorial last week asked students to "dispense with the notion that the Education Testing Service (ETS) has a handle on meritorious scholarship...