Word: notionalism
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...years ago, when the firm outsold Boeing for the first time. Back then, Airbus was hailed as a uniquely European archetype for competing in heavy industries. After all, no single country in Europe has the resources to develop a world-beating aircraft manufacturer on its own. The core notion of cooperation is still valid, says James Foreman-Peck, a professor at Cardiff Business School who specializes in European industrial policy, "but these days, Airbus just confirms Anglo-Saxon prejudices that governments waste large amounts of taxpayers' money even when they have a good idea." Untangling Airbus' wiring will prove plenty...
...Backlash Against Iran's Role in Lebanon The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is fueling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world
...conspiracy against the Islamic Republic, editing an essay could easily be viewed as aiding and abetting espionage. I'm far too nervous to keep serving as a link with American organizations who want to set up exchanges with Iranian young people. Nothing is better than cultural exchange, but the notion here is referred to as the Trojan horse...
...Jackie Mason used to do a bit on this topic - "my doctor is the best doctor." Books and magazines whose covers promise lists of the "very best" doctors sell well every year. A marketing business has grown up around the notion of the "best doctor"; for a hefty fee they bring famous athletes (interested in picking up a few easy bucks in the off season) to my office for me to examine while they take pictures. The ads then say, "When he gets hurt, Bubba only goes to the best - he sees Dr. Haig." I found this almost as funny...
...statement that the revulsion from Americans shows that society recognizes "limits to tolerance of our culture's anything-goes view of sexuality." Tom Minnery, the group's senior vice president of government and public policy, used the statement to add that the lurid episode might discredit "the politically correct notion fed to us by those on the left that obscenity is just another form of free speech...