Word: notionalism
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...idea is that parents are responsible for their charges' leisure time and, having read the warning sticker, will decide if a film is appropriate. That notion is naively anachronistic in an age when the family as a unit of cultural consumption hardly exists: Dad watches espn, Mom does Lifetime, Little Bro works his Game Boy Advance, and Kid Sis is a Powerpuff Girl. Besides, children can read too. They know that parents strongly cautioned means kids desperately wanted. The whisper of the forbidden is their siren call...
Beyond that, the animal's habitat may cast further doubt on the already beleaguered notion that our ancestors first emerged on a treeless savanna. It now looks as though this pivotal event happened in a setting that was at least partly wooded. Most remarkable of all, though, is the skull itself. The creature, known formally as Sahelanthropus tchadensis (roughly translated "Sahel hominid from Chad") and informally as Toumai ("hope of life," in the local Goran language), has a mix of apelike and hominid features. And to some paleontologists, the hominid features, especially the face, are a lot more modern-looking...
Carlson noted this spring that the notion of building housing in Riverside brings back memories of Harvard putting up Mather and Peabody Terrace...
...barbecue patio; with mustard at a ballpark; or, a billion times a year, with special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun. Beef is, the TV commercials say, "America's food"--the Stars and Stripes served up medium rare--and as entwined with the nation's notion of its robust frontier heritage as, well, the Marlboro...
...studies offer a new definition of brain food. Chicago researchers say a diet rich in vitamin E, found in grains, nuts and egg yolks, can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. A Dutch study seconds that notion and adds vitamin C, found in many fruits and vegetables, to the list of neuroprotective nutrients. In neither study, however, did taking vitamin supplements provide the same benefit as eating real food. Researchers caution that the results are not yet conclusive and that vitamins--whether in diet or supplements--may not be enough to overcome a genetic predisposition to the disease...