Word: notionalism
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...movies, all happy couples are alike: they don't exist. The cinematic notion of a contended man and wife, gliding through life on a cloud of kisses, kind words and double martinis, pretty much died out with Nick and Nora Charles 60 years ago. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the crime caper with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is about as close as you could come lately, and they kept trying to kill each other. Maybe wedded happiness is considered static, undramatic, a minuet of compromises. It could also be that depicting the satisfaction of people over 30 just doesn't appeal...
...notion that military spending is all about national defense rather than hometown pork is being seriously tested by the firestorm triggered by last week's awarding of a $40 billion Air Force contract to a joint venture including the European parent of Airbus. The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Corporation and the U.S.-based Northrop Grumman beat out Boeing in the race to supply aerial tankers, making a foreign corporation responsible for a key piece of U.S. military hardware...
...Wynne Greenwood makes use of this mixed media, as does “One of Us” by Ulrike Muller, which features only a red curtain and headphones. Moyra Davey’s “50 Minutes” is a profound contribution to the broader notion of the mundane that runs through the show. The documentary’s subject matter and camera work are raw: the video twirls and dizzies the viewer, providing a physical sensation of spontaneity, while Davey delivers a 50-minute monologue about her psychoanalysis sessions, the art of photography and reading...
...resources to be able to get out there and hold that lead. And part of it was, there's a natural cycle on the coverage of these campaigns. I actually think that what probably had the most impact this past week was the press buying into this notion that they have been too tough on her or too soft on me. I actually think that had the biggest impact. She complained to the referees and the referees gave her some calls...
...easier for Schafer to translate.“Latin has a word ‘honor,’ but...the shades of meaning are very different,” Schafer said. “Honor doesn’t mean a personal code of right conduct, That notion of honor is foreign to the Latin word.”Although Schafer offered a few suggestions, the Air Force Academy did not take any of them.Graduate student Justin C. Lake said he too has struggled to translate modern English words into august Latin phrases.Lake received an e-mail from...