Word: notionalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Senators in both parties push President Bush to name a "hurricane czar" to take charge of the Katrina aftermath, some Administration officials relish the notion of outsourcing their Category 5 headache. But the idea of a superpowerful hurricane guy hit a major obstacle: Vice President Dick Cheney, who--eight days after Katrina made landfall--was put in charge of assessing whether the Administration was meeting its goals in the relief effort...
Dumbarton Oaks Professor of the History of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Art Thomas B. F. Cummins said the new research could dispel the notion that the Inca had only a primitive recording system...
...about to become a father, has no known history of violence and who's held down a job-why would such a person end up a killer, and in such a grotesque way? That's probably the primary reason that people were galvanized. I also think, however, that the notion of women being hurt during pregnancy is in this case. He's the most malignant version of something that I think affects many men, who come to my office [Albow's clinical practice] for instance, who never share with anyone else the fact that they have very grave misgivings about...
...committee will reconvene today for a second round of questioning. Specter said yesterday during a break that he hopes to question Roberts further on the notion of a “living Constitution...
...notion of “What if?” ultimately proved too glaring for Herrmann to ignore. He figured that if he pitched for the Crimson in 2006 and did poorly, or got hurt once again, the prospect of another contract coming along would be slim...