Word: notionalism
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...roundtable of authors' views on the war in Iraq contradicted the notion that "You" or "We" were most important in 2006. The discussion was about the war, but the issues raised were about our society. Was there a journalistic failure as the country approached the invasion in 2003? I was certainly fed up with all the pro-war propaganda in the news. But more worrying, it was simply not possible to argue against the war at the time. One was either "with us or against us." Intelligent discussion was pre-empted. So the issue is not about journalism...
...invitation to perpetual conflict between Congress and the President. On no occasion has Congress compelled the President to undertake a military action against his will (although it came close to forcing John Adams to make war against France in the 1790s)--providing at least some support for the notion that the processes of democratic deliberation can help keep the peace. On some occasions Congress has served as a kind of sheet anchor, restraining or even extinguishing the martial urge. In the isolationist 1930s, for example, Congress passed several neutrality statutes, aimed at keeping Franklin D. Roosevelt from intervening...
...said recently: "My father [the poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan] wrote in his biography, ?When a father loses to his son, it is his greatest victory!' I've lost to my son! And I'm the happiest father alive!") Early in the film, Abhishek uses his dimples to underline the notion of innocent ambition. As the character ages, Abhishek's playing shades toward Hollywood models: from Godfather Pacino to Godfather Brando. He hasn't quite the capacity for leonine rage those two stars (and Amitabh) can summon, but he does an excellent...
...roundtable of authors' views on the war in Iraq contradicted the notion that "you" or "we" were most important in 2006. The discussion was about the war, but the issues raised were about our society. Was there a journalistic failure as the country approached the invasion in 2003? I was certainly fed up with all the pro-war propaganda in the news. But more worrying, it was simply not possible to argue against the war at the time. One was either "with us or against us." Intelligent discussion was pre-empted. So the issue is not about journalism...
...Well, the question is how do you expect this conversation to go. What's the nature of this talk? Because in diplomacy you're never just talking. That just is a notion that is rather na?ve. You never just talk...