Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then there's the notion that homosexuality is morally bad because the purpose of love relationships is procreation--procreation assumed as good in a world of starvation, overcrowding and rapid destruction of the environment to sustain a human population that everyone wishes were a lot smaller...
...this year, Bush aides say, a return appearance by Baker is out of the question -- at least for now. For starters, Baker is busier now as Secretary of State. Further, Bush resents the notion that he needs handlers. Aides believe that the President would have to be behind by at least 15 points before he could bring himself to call Baker again for help. "For Baker to come back," said a Bush lieutenant, "things would have to be a lot more desperate than they...
...idea of renting space on a satellite to relay TV signals. A Philadelphia native who once planned to be a rabbi but switched from religion to philosophy at Haverford College, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and practiced briefly before joining Time Inc. in 1972. His notion of bouncing movies off satellites and into living rooms from Boston to Berkeley helped transform Home Box Office from a struggling service into the biggest pay channel in the U.S.; combined with its sister Cinemax service, it now has nearly 24 million subscribers...
Officials in the mayor's office strongly dispute any notion that they are spending too much, stressing that education is and always has been of prime importance to the city...
...communist regime. The document, citing the need to defend democratic reform efforts throughout the Soviet empire, also called for increasing propaganda and underground broadcasting operations in Eastern Europe, actions that Reagan's aides and dissidents in Eastern Europe believe were particularly helpful in chipping away at the notion of Soviet invincibility...