Word: notionalism
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...Flannery O'Connor's work also brings out an idea Coles has focused on in his recent scholarship--the notion of moral intelligence...
What can fill a screen 81 ft. high? Gods and monsters. The success of Fantasia/2000 in IMAX theaters is cuing top directors like James Cameron to the notion that the format might accommodate longer stories and higher budgets. For now, documentary spectacles still splatter the big wall. The Jordan movie--a star chat interspersed with clips from his final NBA playoff drive--has an adoring tone and the familiar slo-mo, wide-angle baskebatics. For higher highs and cooler thrills, go Cirque. The Montreal-based art circus has finally made a film that captures the joy and awe of shows...
...think really big. In the next 10 or 20 years, what company could become so mammoth we'd look back and chuckle at the notion that we actually once considered GM or Wal-Mart a sizable outfit? It's possible to imagine a few candidates--but you have to crank your imagination surprisingly hard. Here's why: as the world's largest company, Wal-Mart this fiscal year will take inclose to $200 billion in revenue. Think for a minute about how much money that is. If you sold something expensive, like cars averaging $20,000, you'd have...
This helps underscore why the notion that debtors in bankruptcy court are sitting on many billions of dollars that they could turn over to their creditors is a figment of the imagination of lenders and lawmakers. Consider...
Despite this very real threat during the teen years, many families are loath to discuss the topic with their kids. "There's this notion about depression, and certainly about suicide, that if you ask or mention the subject, you're going to make it happen," says Jamison. Quite the contrary, she says; talking with a son or daughter about dark feelings will help assuage the sense of hopelessness the child may have...