Word: notionalism
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...Thaksin's critics view this assertion as evidence that he is dangerously out of touch with the increasingly restive mood of the south. Since the start of the year, the region has been wracked by bombings, stabbings, shootings and school burnings. Yet Thaksin has so far rejected the notion that the Islamic insurgency involves more than a handful of rebels. Likewise, he seems unwilling to acknowledge that the heavy-handed tactics of his own government and its security forces have fueled Muslim grievances...
...response to a question, Bakhtiar dismissed the notion that CNN was too liberal and said that the rise of Fox News was evidence that Americans like to see news that agrees with their viewpoint...
Among the Brown localities, Delaware was the most welcoming to the notion of integration, at least in legal terms. Black parents in the suburb of Claymont in 1951 wanted their children to attend the school that was closest to their home--much as Smith says he wants for his children now--but that was a white school. Unlike in the other Brown cases, the state court ruled in favor of the black families, and it was the state board of education that appealed...
Elizabeth's first year included three surgeries to fix a cleft palate and a cleft lip. By age 2, she had slipped far behind on the growth charts. Her pediatrician seemed to think that was inevitable, but her mother demanded that Elizabeth's symptoms be treated, a radical notion at the time. She took her daughter to an endocrinologist, who put Elizabeth on daily injections of human growth hormone, a therapy that caused her to grow like a weed and blossom developmentally as well. When Elizabeth had difficulty learning to speak, Cody pushed for her to see a neurologist...
However, David Wax questions the notion that Passim is the ideal venue for more experienced players, recounting the more trying experiences he’s had there over the past year...