Word: notionalism
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...author rejects the notion that the book is partially autobiographical, a suggestion fostered by his painstaking research and meticulous detail. But he does admit to an idyllic childhood in the south on his father's tea estate which gave him a love of his native soil. Even though the scope of Davidar's saga compares to Seth's novel, its capable prose lacks the magical turns of phrase found in A Suitable Boy. Davidar's is a deliberate, enduring tale and one that proves years of plowing through a slush pile?learning how not to write?can produce a master...
Mansfield seems to have adopted this system under the misguided notion that a two-tiered system will put him in line with the times. Arrogance and a deprecating demeanor may have been requirements of teaching positions in Machiavelli's Europe, but sometime in the last several centuries pedagogy accepted the principle that it isn't the job of a professor merely to point out how little a student knows. Indeed, if Mansfield weren't so preoccupied with standing up against the liberal gods of grade inflation--who have so erroneously fooled the world into thinking that ignorant Harvard students...
...being defended by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The parents hope to bankrupt the group, thus forcing them to shut down. The ACLU has claimed that constitutionally, this is an "open and shut case," and has asked the judge to throw it out. This case, and the notion that a NAMBLA victory would allow the organization to continue to distribute their filth, is enough to make any conscionable person sick. It may be an "open and shut case," but not in the way the ACLU interprets it. The court's decision will be who deserves to be protected-- pedophiles...
...contestants were given answers and were ordered to win or to lose. Stillman's claim, even if proven, shows something much fuzzier. We're not talking about Mark Burnett and Jeff Probst dumping out the ceremonial conga drum and stuffing it with "STACEY" ballots in their own handwriting. The notion is that producers indirectly - through pleading? Coaxing? Leading interview questions? - caused contestants to change their minds. Which led them to vote differently. Which led to contestants' being voted off in a different order. Which led to different alliances being formed. Which led to a different winner...
...weight and time consumed are not taken into consideration," says H. Wesley Perkins, a researcher at Hobart University. "If we simply use the five/four measure, we find that a large percentage of people who fall into that category aren't a problem. Why are we contributing to the notion that 40 percent of students are problem drinkers...