Word: notionally
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There are always such criticisms (and should be) in any social science or public policy study. But the notion that his ideas are so morally corrupt and racist and that thereforeit is all "pseudo-scientific" gobbledy-gook, and that we can thus rest assured because "real" (totally apolitical, of course) scientists have destroyed the whole idea is ridiculous...
...believe that affirmative action may actually be doing something right: ensuring that the best guy gets the job, regardless of that guy's race or sex. Eventually, when the occupational hierarchy is so thoroughly integrated that it no longer makes sense for our subconscious minds to invest the notion of competence with a particular skin color or type of genitalia, affirmative action can indeed be cast aside like training wheels...
This approach reflects a new shift in thinking, a more pragmatic approach, one which differs from the hard-core liberal notion of obligatory largess to the disempowered. This approach is also more politically acceptable, which is often a prerequisite to gaining popular support for a legislative measure...
...finance column James J. Cramer writes for SmartMoney magazine is one of those "scandals" only a journalist could love: incredibly easy to toss off allegations of "conflict of interest" yet incredibly difficult to define concretely what, exactly, the conflict is. At the heart of it, though, lies the ludicrous notion that only journalists are pure enough to offer financial advice untainted by "conflict." Woe unto...
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, a prime mover in the new push for peace, said the Major-Bruton document represented progress because it ``embraces an all-Ireland character and deals with the general notion of one island.'' That was enough to satisfy Adams, who has been eager to get into negotiations. But Sinn Fein first has to prove its cease-fire is permanent; the I.R.A. will be expected to respond to Britain's demand that it start turning in the arms it has stashed away...