Word: notionalism
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When considering last week’ assassination of Rafiq Hariri, this notion of civil volatility is all too apparent. Consider the two scenarios for Hariri’s assassination: either Syria is responsible, or they are not. If Syria is in fact accountable, the brutal assassination would be motivated by the Syrian leadership’s desire to reassert its power in Lebanon. In recent months, the U.S. has chosen to lambaste Syria’s presence in Lebanon, subsequently imposing sanctions on the country—an ironic demand considering the American occupation of Iraq. Thus, Damascus may have...
...surprising in a country governed by man who sometimes seems like he never left kindergarten). Many varsity athletes, members of male and female final clubs and those who worship these circles—though they would be loathe to admit it—still cling to some childish notion of popularity...
Summers’ entire worldview is colored by the notion that economics is the only way to make decisions, which led to his problematic remarks on women in academia. As he shared the stage with former vice president Albert A. Gore ’69 a few months ago discussing the environment, Summers terrifyingly suggested that the University should study an environmental issue because of its “comparative advantage” in related fields. But a university should never justify what it studies on economic terms instead of intellectual principles...
...drives. If this conversation takes place on such political terms, Summers will have won by default—bringing Washington politics to a university that has thus far resisted them. In short, with Harvard in the media spotlight, unusual power has fallen to those who never liked the notion of a university—who have long argued that the professorship is a cushy position that involves no work (as Summers implicitly did in challenging Cornel West a few years...
...Freston can bring the MTV notion of entertainment with edges and quirks, sass and style, to a movie system that is short on artistic and marketing innovation, then risky business might turn out to be smart business. It could also produce some good films. If that happens, then even a skeptic may want to stand up and applaud. --Reported by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles