Word: notionalism
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...press might have less difficulty withholding the details of ongoing national-security programs if it were not distracted by the grandiose notion that it must "speak truth to power." A better objective would be to provide accurate and useful information. That may not sound as exciting, but it is a clearer conception of what the public needs...
...Jury was written and directed by Harry Essex, a specialist in science-fiction screenplays (It Came from Outer Space, The Creature from the Black Lagoon) who had no notion of alchemizing menace from pictures and performances. Shot in 3D by noir whiz John Alton, and featuring occasional thrusts into the camera (a rifle, a dying man's hand, the pointed bra worn under a satiny blouse by Peggie Castle as Charlotte), the movie stays perfunctorily faithful to the book, including the use of a few famous lines. "Act like a clam or I'll open ya up like...
Harding rejected this notion, pointing out that no “high-level districts have this many report cards anywhere...
...something to him, but offered a corollary: “all I really want is for you to keep the vibe going, ya know?” I didn’t know. But I began to understand by watching this extraordinary man’s magnanimous example. The notion of going slightly out of your way to touch a stranger wasn’t just the basis of a contrived tear-jerker movie, something that could only happen on the silver screen. No—it was something possible and real, something every human being could do with minimal...
...Barclays' buying some huge stash to support their ETF was going to move the market." Interest-rate jitters and overheated speculation led to declining prices for most commodities beginning in May, however, and by the end of June, SLV was trading close to its lowest levels. Barclays downplays any notion that SLV, its gold fund IAU or, for that matter, any of its 184 other ETFs might have tilted global indexes. "ETFs as a whole represent about 5% of total mutual-fund assets, so they're not going to drive markets," says Barclays' Kranefuss...