Word: notionalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...individual and the economy seem to have been the important issues. Gore presented his plans by talking about individual families that would benefit from it; Bush famously attacked this with his unparalleled analytic ability and called the whole thing "fuzzy math." Neither candidate seemed to look upon the notion of a universal standard of health care as an important social value. In both cases, it was a question of how the next President of the United States can directly improve the lives of the individual while keeping the budget balanced...
...leaves little to be desired from the production as a whole. It is easy when reading Arcadia to suspect that the best production would be the most transparent, putting the least distance between the audience and Stoppard's words. Demers' Arcadia provides a sound and satisfying refutation of this notion, supplying a set of rich visuals and excellent performances that make this production nearly as sensual as it is intellectual...
Then there are those who believe the sexualized messages bombarding kids from all sides could be triggering changes in the brain that are jump-starting development. Drew Pinsky, a physician and co-host of MTV's recently canceled Loveline advice program, is a proponent of this notion. "MTV," he asserts, "is absolutely one of the factors in early puberty." But even though the idea sounds nutty, says Herman-Giddens, "it would not be scientific to dismiss it. If someone cuts a nice juicy grapefruit in front of you, you salivate. Seeing things can affect us physiologically...
...There are no chances for that. That notion is based on the idea that the Milosevic regime can't be beaten. But he has lost. And now his party is in disarray...
...happy union. "We travel a lot, know the needs of that region, which nation needs what technology and which country can provide it," Dichter says. After a business-to-business match is made, TFTP prepares contracts and monitors the transfer of production technology. "These are countries where the notion of business as we know it is not the way of life," Dichter says. "But they want to save money and make a profit like any Western company...