Word: notionalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rate, which dropped from 9% in the mid-1970s to a low of 2.3% in late 1987, is now about 4% and climbing. That will provide a larger pool of investment capital and could help the U.S. regain its competitive footing. The poor may also eventually benefit if the notion of a kinder, gentler America is translated into concrete action...
...despite their worst spring training in decades--one in which both Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez were injured and soft-spoken manager Jimy Williams managed to alienate even selfless knuckleballer Tim Wakefield--I stubbornly cling to my notion, renewed with the first pitch each spring, that this is the year...
...standard required for reinstitutionalizing criminals, and dismissed the state's case. In response to the appeal Kansas filed Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case, and revisit the question of sex offenders' place in the world. At the heart of the matter is the notion that a prison term is a finite punishment for a crime committed, and that once convicted criminals have "done their time" they should be free to go on living their lives...
...Survivor." Unlike many of the literati, I find certain saving graces with the program. For one thing, the very word "Survivor" is now less likely to conjure up the image of a mediocre '80s band providing music for mediocre Sylvester Stallone movies. Now it brings to mind the notion of 16 narcissistic individuals conniving to win a million dollars - the relative pittance put up by deeply cynical TV executives who are raking in hundreds of millions in advertising dollars playing to our collective voyeurism...
...come a long way, baby. Flick on the TV, and see women--young women, almost always--kicking and thinking and winking at both the old notion of femininity and the aging precepts of feminism. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in her fifth season on the WB) saves her classmates from Evil, when she's not cracking a book or a joke. The Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, "the most elite kindergarten crime-fighting force ever assembled," protect Townsville with their magical powers. Max, the bionic babe on Fox's Dark Angel, occasionally lets a mere man help her save the world...