Word: notional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ability to hear such commands became almost universal among humans by 10,000 B.C., but they hardly considered the voices commonplace. "Bicameral man heard the voices of gods," Jaynes explained, touching on he most remarkable aspect of his theory: the notion that man eventually perceived these inner voices emanating from a divine source...
...school that Hentoff mentions is P.S. 91, an elementary school in a "disadvantaged" neighborhood of Brooklyn where principal Martin Schor refused to accept the notion that poor children are handicapped in learning to read. Schor's efforts resulted in a dramatic improvement in reading scores--51 per cent of the students were reading above the national norm while in other elementary schools in the same district the percentage was between 20 and 40. Schor's approach, although traditional, placed rigorous demands on his teachers to make sure all students, especially in the critical early grades, were able to read well...
...creating a specific presence of character, as does local dancer Deborah Chassler using similar improvisation techniques. We never find out who Paxton is, beyond the performer of this particular dance, embracing the original meaning of "modern dance"--an individual's self-expression. Irrelevant to his dance is the whole notion of choreography--that qualities exist in a dance that can be recreated by other dancers in other places. Paxton's expression doesn't follow the logic of choreography. The pleasure simply comes in watching the idiosyncrasies of one dancer dancing...
...will create a new bureaucracy, add to businessmen's uncertainty and result in a continuing lag in much needed investment in plant and equipment in all segments of industry. Says Greenspan: "The view that somehow this program is going to enhance growth is to me an utterly noncreditable notion...
Roazen comes up with his most thought-provoking criticisms on an issue that he never quite makes explicit. He warns that Erikson's "life cycle" theory--his notion of stable growth through eight life stages--can be seen as tacitly endorsing conformity and political conservatism. A celebration of normality can translate into an uncritical endorsement of the status quo, Roazen argues...