Word: notionalism
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...That tribute, like my opening paragraph, betrays a nostalgia for a kinder, gentler moviescape, back when stars spoke love in whispered metaphors and a leading lady knew how to get out of a limo without exposing her crotch. But that notion of refinement was a fiction too. It happened to be the prevailing tone of A-list movies of the 40s that lingered through the 50s. Kerr was not some elevated being who allowed herself to be photographed. She was an actress, convincingly playing these roles. And though her career was never marked by scandal, off-camera she could...
...transfer of detained individuals to another country where the laws regarding their treatment—including the use of torture—may differ from those of the United States. Extremely relevant in today’s post-9/11 atmosphere, exploring the topic through cinema is an admirable notion...
...notion that Alzheimer's disease might be a neuroendocrine disorder, akin to diabetes, isn't entirely new; it first showed up in the scientific literature roughly 20 years ago, but the idea petered out. In 2005, Suzanne la Monte, a neuropathologist at Brown University Medical School, revisited the idea. Based on two of her discoveries - that the brain makes its own insulin and that Alzheimer's disease depletes insulin - she coined the disease process "type 3" diabetes...
...Internet users go when they're looking for information on the topic of global warming. Over 19% of searches on the term resulted in visits to Globalwarming.org, a site sponsored by the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, while 14% of global warming searches resulted in visits to Wikipedia.org, reinforcing the notion that we're still in the phase of learning more about the issue...
...focus so singularly on the condition of its undergraduates. The presence of Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 on the dais at Friday’s Installation affirmed the importance of the voice of students in university discourse. That his speech should emphasize this notion seems not just appropriate, but indeed vital to working towardthe picture of Harvard that Faust championed in her subsequent address...