Word: notionally
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There may be some computer problems as the year 2000 dawns, but the notion that there will be cosmic events in the supernatural realm is absolutely ludicrous. Here we are approaching the 21st century, and our folk culture is still stuck in a medieval mind-set, with all its superstitions. Jan. 1, 2000, will be just one more day in the life of Planet Earth. JOSEPH W. ADAMS Johnson City, Tenn...
...idea might seem anachronistic in the age of C-SPAN and sunshine laws, but it is well in line with the principle that "the arguments and votes of jurors...are secrets, protected from disclosure unless the privilege is waived," a notion that the Supreme Court once called an "immemorial tradition...
...called the notion of an 11-story apartment "or any building to overpower the chapel on that site a travesty" that would be "even worse" than the original Knafelproposal...
...little precious for Republicans to cite these worries, since the notion of investing Social Security funds in the market has been kicked around the G.O.P. for years. And Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin had a nice retort to Greenspan: an independent body would oversee the investments, he said, so "there will be no--zero!--government involvement...I might add that the Federal Reserve Board itself is a very good example...
...good many Senators are still having trouble swallowing the notion that their decisions don't matter to the public, but Brownback understands this as well as anyone in Washington. He has been thinking about it for years, since the day he saw a bumper sticker in Topeka that said: I LOVE MY NATION, BUT I FEAR MY GOVERNMENT. As he sat at his back-row desk last week, Brownback listened carefully to the House prosecutors making their case and wondered about his duty to a President he wants to treat fairly, the laws he swore to uphold and the people...