Word: notionalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that Hunter has already published two Swagger sequels. There are other conspiracies to uncover, or invent, other countries in need of a superhero. Readers and moviegoers need him too, as an imaginary solution to monstrously real problems. It's too bad that Swagger is a fiction, and that the notion of one man who can right wrongs is less plausible than the conspiracy fears that summoned him up as a solo world police force...
...most Europeans, national identity is still more important than any pan-European identity. That doesn't shock me; I myself am a French citizen first, and then a European. What shocks me is the notion that, by withdrawing into our own corners, we will resolve the great challenges of globalization and technological progress...
...that critics claim was loosely based on its New Testament portion (the Council denies a connection). Its spokespeople claim it is refining itself as it goes and its most recent edition, which came out last month, eliminates much literalist bias--but still devotes 18 lines to the blatantly unscientific notion that the earth is only 6,000 years...
...might remember that Europe, 50 years ago, did not pull itself back from the abyss on its own. Across the Atlantic was a nation with a pretty broad notion of neighbor. Sure, the Marshall Plan wasn't all altruism--the U.S. wanted a bulwark against Soviet expansion as the temperature of relations dropped below freezing. But it was also generosity on a scale never before seen in human history. It defined America in the cold...
...provide—and it ostensibly does so in the interest of protecting a “moral being” whose definition is strongly influenced by a tradition intolerant toward gays. That the legislation seems to be so clearly motivated by such conservative homophobia fundamentally violates that very notion of tolerance that our educational institutions ought to promote. But beyond our objections to the discriminatory nature of the legislation, we are also concerned with the impact that such a law will have on sexual and health education. By denying students the opportunity to discuss “human sexuality?...