Word: notionalism
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...Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. has for nearly 2 1/2 centuries been the least-read classic in the canon. The novel is such a wildly, willfully discursive history of its hero and narrator (whose birth does not occur until more than halfway through the book) that the notion of turning it into a 94-min. film raises two stubborn questions...
...wrote Jones by e-mail informing him that...the notion of payment was shocking to me, certainly a product of vigilantism,” Kessler said...
...insinuate that Kennedy’s membership in the Owl somehow equates to Alito’s advocacy of CAP is partisan politics at its worst. While it’s true that Kennedy is at fault for continuing his association with a social organization that promotes an outdated notion of white, male elitism on campus, his legislative record demonstrates his true commitments are far removed from the values we find offensive. And while it might seem that Kennedy’s disassociation with the Owl was politically motivated, it was the most appropriate decision he could have made. Alito...
...Obviously, Jill is not a ?guest? in the ordinary sense, but many Iraqis have told me that anybody who shares a roof with them - even a mortal enemy - is covered by the ancient desert code of hospitality. This is not a fanciful notion: I have myself been protected by the code in situations where my interlocutors might otherwise have wanted to do me harm...
...percent of the female population. When asked how they would respond to the rise in African-American women contracting HIV during a 2004 Presidential debate, both George W. Bush and John Kerry were at a loss for words. Even the people who have built their public lives on the notion of understanding the American people are growing out of touch with the social spread of this disease.This lack of understanding of AIDS is what makes it so unsolvable. Its dual nature as both a scientific and societal problem makes it difficult to comprehend on all of its fronts. Those...