Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Beats to this very different creed? Not everyone would go so far as spiritual explorer Alan Watts, who once credited Buddhism with enabling him to "get out from under the monstrously oppressive God the Father." But the absence of that ultimate authority figure--and the corresponding decoupling of the notion of compassion from a terror of hell or guilt before an Almighty--was attractive. Likewise, although it contradicted the Christian notion of an individual soul, Buddhism's idea of universal interconnectedness--that, as Kerouac wrote, "there is no separation in any of it"--appealed to the Beats, as it would...
More to the point, Holland is fiercely protective of her independence as an artist, citing how many maverick filmmakers "make one interesting movie, and then the next thing they do is some thriller made for profit." Holland did not, however, buy into the notion of a "revived" independent cinema that dovetailed with the success of The English Patient, Secrets & Lies and other non-Hollywood pictures late last year. Again, her multicultural background clearly affords her a unique perspective...
...live with your choice? Kramer's approach draws heavily on the notion of "differentiation of self," developed by the late family therapist Murray Bowen. A person with high differentiation of self is secure--not desperate for signals of approval and affection from others, and thus not easily swayed by social pressure. Bowen considered such autonomy healthy and encouraged people to carry it into their family lives. He wanted them to weaken their emotional ties to kin, including spouses and children...
...notion that disease originates in cells rather than tissues or organs, introduced in the mid-19th century by the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow, brought on just such a radical change in perspective. So too did the germ theory, based on British surgeon Joseph Lister's application of Louis Pasteur's work to prevent wound infections. Each was the result of thousands of meticulous observations made over many years. Virchow's studies were done in a university setting; Lister's in a laboratory that he and his wife set up in the kitchen of their home, where they worked tirelessly until...
Berde questions the widely held belief that doctors and nurses become inured to their patients' suffering. "You don't distance yourself," he says. "It's not realistic, the notion that you don't develop a connection. Do I get sad? Yes. It's sad when a kid dies. But feeling that I can do something for them helps. At times it's hard, but that doesn't make me not want to do it. Having my own kids makes me understand the impact of illness even more, and I admire the courage of these families even more...