Word: notionally
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...notion that men should not display their emotions in public, and most specifically that they should never shed tears, was enshrined during the 19th century in the Spartan code of English public schools, which popularized the doctrine of the stiff upper lip, and was articulated by many writers, from early Victorian Charles Kingsley ("Men must work, and women must weep") to late Victorian "Mr. Dooley" ("Among men . . . wet eye manes dhry heart...
...Opening" to Iran. In May 1985 the White House was considering a secret reversal of U.S. policy toward Iran -- a change that would quickly lead to arms sales aimed at gaining the release of American hostages in Lebanon. In hopes of finding a rationale for this politically explosive notion, a classified "estimate" was requested from the NIC, of which Gates was chairman. When the estimate was issued, it found that Iran faced serious instability, warned of the Soviet's ability to exploit it and recommended arms sales to Iran by U.S. allies. Conveniently, the NIC estimate contained no "footnotes" -- indicating...
Since the 1950s and the era of Why Johnny Can't Read, Americans have worried about the quality of their schools. But this time around, the focus of that anxiety, even desperation, is not the teachers, the curriculum or the school budgets. Instead, public education itself, the very notion that government should run the schools, is under attack. Powerful figures, including President George Bush and his Education Secretary, Lamar Alexander, have begun to assail the public schools as a self-satisfied, self-protective monopoly that needs to feel the hot breath of free-market competition. They pose a radical alternative...
...plan was premised on the notion that if we pumped all this money in we would automatically be able to bring about reforms," says Mark Kramer, a fellow at Harvard's Russian Research Center...
While the notion of a social life tends to vanish quickly, I was able to find refuge in two of my most favorite activities, singing and teaching. I joined the Harvard Glee Club my first year and have not regretted a minute of my association with the group. Rehearsals are great therapy, and traveling to Europe, Canada and other parts of the U.S. made my work much more palatable...