Word: notional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Administration officials concede that they have no precise notion of Begin's proposals, but they expect him to present two separate plans...
Black Caucus have a right to exist? Would the congressional Black Caucus have ceased to exist if instead of refusing him, it had admitted a white member? The only sensible answer to both questions is yes. The notion of a black caucus with white members is silly on its face. So is the notion of a Jewish club that admits non-Jewish members. For this reason alone, Presidential Counsel Robert J. Lipshutz's resignation from Atlanta's formerly Jewish Standard Club, in protest against its restricted membership, seemed somewhat strange. He was demanding, in effect, that the club...
...something that logically follows a period of growth, the end of heady promise. But they worry about the effects of a prolonged malaise. Observes University of California Sociologist Neil Smelser: "There is abundant evidence that California is presently in a state of psychological depression because of the hollow notion that things are running out. Californians believe the best is behind them...
Taylor's trust is placed mostly in his dancers and in his own imagination. When he arrives at his cramped Manhattan studio, he has only the vaguest notion of what he will create. He starts by working out movements using the dancers as a sculptor uses clay. He may throw out weeks of expensive rehearsal time if things do not progress properly. This year's Images, an innocent but enigmatic piece that evokes ancient rituals, did not jell. "I started out with a nice Schubert piece," Taylor recalls, "but after two weeks I saw I was getting nowhere...
...same time, Carrillo gives the West plenty to think about. He explicitly points out, for instance, that Communists must not be confused with Social Democrats, and in effect he demolishes the notion, harbored by some Western observers, that Eurocommunism is committed to peaceful change in all situations. Excerpts...