Word: notionally
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...foundations of the Web protocol is the notion of hypertext. Hypertext was originally popularized by Apple Computer in the mid-1980's through their HyperCard application for the Macintosh...
...Americans have always had the power to turn incumbents out of office -- by voting. It's not that simple, says Cleta Deatherage Mitchell, the general counsel for the Term Limits Legal Institute and co-counsel in Bryant v. Hill. "Incumbents have such enormous advantages that it makes the whole notion of competitive elections a mockery," she says. "It almost takes a national temper tantrum to dislodge incumbents." Meanwhile, Rotunda points to the existence of one federal-term limit -- the two terms of the President. "The nation has survived, indeed flourished," he adds. Furthermore, there is another benefit to shorter terms...
...much for the notion of Palestinian unity. Bloody Friday took care of that the day two weeks ago when the security forces of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority opened fire on Hamas supporters and the Islamic Jihad rioting outside the Palestine Mosque in Gaza City and provoked street battles that killed 13 people and left 200 wounded. A few days later, in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, Arafat loyalists were fighting other opponents of the peace deal with Israel, this time dissidents within Fatah. While infighting in Lebanon is an old phenomenon, in the Gaza Strip...
Whether the Hamas leadership speaks for the most radical elements in the organization, however, remains a question. "The militant, hard-line trend is dominant now, and the prevailing notion that Mr. Arafat is in deep trouble pushes them forward," said Abu-Amr. Referring to the Oct. 19 suicide bombing of a Tel Aviv bus that killed 22 people, a Hamas leader added, "Have no doubt, some people are ready to imitate what happened in Tel Aviv in the center of Arafat's Authority." Civil war could also be provoked by Arafat's security forces, which include men who believe that...
...much for the notion of Palestinian unity...