Word: notionalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Bush was overdue for a score. Throughout the summer, every time his aides rustled up a notion about how to regain control of the race, their idea would be overtaken by events. May, June and July had been filled with spikes of violence in Iraq and new disclosures about abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. "We'd try [to change the subject], but even if the President said Iraq once, that's all people would talk about," recalled Rove. Though Kerry had seen no real bump in the polls, voters were viewing him as a more plausible Commander in Chief than...
...Back in the mid-'90s, a similar idea called "push technology" briefly wore the buzzword crown. The notion was that, instead of having to reach out to a plethora of newspapers, TV channels and websites, news consumers could customize information that would be "pushed" across their computer screens all day. But the early push advocates stumbled, victims of poor management, clunky technology and their own hype. With RSS, though, it seems like the push dream has finally arrived. "We're seeing the TiVo-ization of news," says Dave Sifry, referring to the recordable TV service that allows viewers to pick...
...Shaffer called this notion “completely false,” adding that the field of addiction research is only beginning to reach a point where scientists can investigate the social impact...
...kind of activity took place or even if the trucks were in an area where HMX, RDX and PETN were stored. Then a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense suggested that Russian units may have removed the weapons shortly before the invasion, but other Administration officials quickly slapped down the notion that Moscow had anything to do with it. Finally, the Pentagon introduced Army Major Austin Pearson, who said his unit, the 24th Ordnance Company, removed and destroyed between 200 and 250 tons of ammunition from al-Qaqaa on April 13, 2003, five days before the 101st arrived. Pearson said...
Bird laughs at the notion that The Incredibles is based on any source, exclaiming, “wherever I go people ask if The Incredibles in based on this or that…it is amazing to me how many different connections people find...