Word: notionalism
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...Republican candidate who was most openly opposed to joining in the YouTube format was Romney, who denigrated the notion of taking questions from an animated snowman (on global warming, naturally), as the Democrats did. But now Matt Rhoades, Romney's communications director and a man with a talent for euphemism, calls the forum an "opportunity" and says "we expect some colorful questions but also expect a substantive debate...
...American—have found unreasonably difficult: To engage opposing sides not as enemies but as partners for peace, and to recognize that serious compromise requires sacrifice from all sides, starting today.As Islamo-Fascism Awareness made frighteningly plain, far too much student energy has been devoted to the false notion that peace and security—for America, for Israel, or for any nation—can be achieved by mobilizing public opinion against “the enemy.” This vicious ‘with us or against us” worldview must be the first casualty...
...China's Ring Cycle The Kunqu opera The Peony Pavilion is one of the greatest masterpieces of all time [Nov. 5]. What a curiously mistaken notion that "witnesses to such a grandiose relic should worry less about falling asleep and more about slipping into a coma." I was lucky enough to see Chen Shi-Zheng's full 19-hour production and Pai Hsien-Yung's nine-hour production of the opera. Each time, when the performance ended, I wanted it to start all over again. Such is the power, beauty and fascination of Kunqu opera, even to a Westerner...
Project Laundry List's Lee dismisses the notion that clotheslines depreciate property values, calling that idea a "prissy sentiment" that needs to change in light of global warming. "I understand the need for communities to legislate taste, but people always find a way around it," he says. "The clothesline is beautiful--gorgeous, sentimental and nostalgic for many...
...other child-development researchers are worried that companies will keep hyping a perceived need for math and reading drills for toddlers. "I hope people don't take away from this new study the notion that formal education needs to be pushed down to the preschool level," says David Elkind, author of the landmark 1981 book The Hurried Child. "Kids already learn what they need to know in a traditional learning-through-play program...