Word: notionally
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...problem in the late 1980s, the relationship between the proliferation of carbon dioxide and a warming world was largely theoretical. Scientists knew that CO2 and other gases trap the sun's energy; in fact, without any CO2 at all in the atmosphere, the planet would be frozen solid. The notion that extra, human-generated CO2 might drive temperatures too far the other way was convincing. But if warming was on the way, it was too gradual to be detected...
...unprecedented 1 billion shares changed hands) may have cheated investors out of a real correction in a vastly overvalued market, and that the Dow is not done shivering yet. "This was a bad joke on the small investor," TIME Wall Street columnist Daniel Kadlec insisted. "It blindly reinforces the notion that buying on the dips is infallible--and that won't last forever. Today's rally was a reprieve, a second chance to shift your balance out of stocks somewhat because eventually, there will be a real correction...
...give their pupils authentic literary experiences, whole-language teachers use children's books. The pupils are encouraged to "take risks" without fear of being corrected--a practice justified by the notion that children learn to read by experimenting with different rules. Exercises that break up the reading process are rejected. Whole-language advocates insist that they do teach phonics, but only when a question about phonics comes up in the course of reading...
...most art-free zones of America, Port Arthur, a bayou oil-refinery town on the Gulf of Mexico. His parents were Fundamentalist Christians, and as a teenager he thought of becoming a preacher. Luckily for American art, and perhaps for the ministry too, he ditched the notion on realizing that the Church of Christ forbade dancing. He did a stint in the Navy, as a male psychiatric nurse--which confirmed him as a lifelong pacifist. He dabbled in painting, then (after his discharge from the Navy) began to study it, first in Kansas City and then, having saved up some...
Although the notion of Hamlet as meta-drama isn't new to theater (i.e. Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), Groundlings puts a clever and original spin on Shakespeare's nihilistic drama. Clamence indicts Roulleau for having watched a play, taken vicarious pleasure in the characters' lives, and ultimately refused to take a stake in its consequences. His trial thereby acquires a metaphorical character, addressing the purpose of theater in modern society and the nature of its relationship with its audience. In one tirade, Clamence likens Roulleau's behavior to our usual reaction to TV news...