Word: notionalism
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...always a new luxury?trend looming on the horizon. Today lifestyle retailers like Whole Foods Market and designers like jeweler John Hardy are talking about ?sustainable? luxury products that are solutions, not just commodities. That could mean an environmentally sustainable factory or store, or it could be the notion of feeding company employees homegrown organic food for lunch. These ever expanding definitions of luxury keep the business interesting. Look at Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who in 20 years have built a billion-dollar empire by reimagining their own definition of luxury. In their case...
...It’s an instance of how the rising nationwide debate over intelligent design—the notion that life evolved through a process guided by a divine “designer”—has made its way into the halls of Harvard’s scientific establishment...
...fantasy is that someday…I can run for Congress on the grounds that everyday people—be they singers or poets or bankers or lawyers or teachers—should be in government.” If Affleck can capitalize on this notion and present cogent but less characteristically passionate arguments, then he could create a tough race for Allen...
...televangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell has ridiculed the city and threatened a lawsuit over the incident. “There’s been a concerted effort to steal Christmas,” Falwell told FOX Television last week. Meanwhile, some members of the Christian community at Harvard criticized the notion of a “holiday tree.” “The ‘holiday tree’ really is ridiculous. This is the Christmas season, and Dec. 25 is Christmas, not some general feel-good day of celebration,” said Philip D. Powell...
...after that. The action accelerates as the protagonists battle Benny, a former friend who has sold out by buying the building they all live in and occasionally asking them to pay to live there.But what makes “Rent” politically troubling isn’t the notion that artists should be able to live for free in the heart of Manhattan—or that anybody who thinks otherwise is yuppie scum. The trouble with “Rent” is the face it puts on poverty. Poverty is a serious problem, not a lifestyle choice...