Word: notionalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...politicians more myopic? Republicans seem better at campaigns, permanent and otherwise, than Democrats. It may be that conservatives just don't take governance as seriously as liberals do, and therefore have more freedom to maneuver. Didn't Reagan say government was "the problem, not the solution"? The very notion of planning for the common good, especially long-term planning, seems vaguely ... socialist, doesn't it? The Bush Administration is filled with hard-charging executives but bereft of meat-and-potatoes managers. Not much priority is placed on pedestrian things like delivering the ice to New Orleans or keeping the peace...
...systematic attack against family and religious values is not really intended to "liberate" the homosexuals who live in Spain or to make the country more modern. Almodóvar's attacks aim to undermine the values that fortunately are still the core of Spanish society. I reject the notion that he is changing the world for the better. Jorge Angell Madrid...
...areas, one of which is Cambridge,” Faber said. From 1990 to 2002, Faber and Krieg reported that 198,000 pounds of chemical toxins were released into the Cambridge environment. Of those, 92,000 pounds contained known carcinogens. “There is this notion that Cambridge is a wealthy community and immune from some of these problems,” Faber said. “Often what we see is that this isn’t the case.” In fact, he said, there are pockets of wealth and poverty within Cambridge. Since minority...
...league-wide standpoint, this is an absolute travesty. This contest will likely be this year’s Ivy title game, and there’s no reason to give a network rights to one contest a week if high-caliber showdowns like this fall victim to the ridiculous notion of equality of coverage.As for the actual game, Brown has been absolutely on fire lately, and so has Penn. Both teams would have come into this game 6-0 if it weren’t for monumental collapses in week two. This one will be an absolute shootout...
Step two to overcoming procrastination is to replace “finish it” with “begin it.” Taking a step at a time will make you feel less overwhelmed. Also, throw away any notion of perfectionism. It’s okay to be human—focus on getting things done instead of making things perfect. Thirdly, dispel the notion that doing everything at the last minute is good, even if you feel that you’re able to write or work best under time pressure. Working on the wire is stressful...