Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hard to set up, impossible to maintain, boring to use. But the modem was a revelation. As he connected to early online services such as CompuServe and the Source, Case felt the electronic rapture that would one day seduce millions of AOL users: "There was something magical about the notion of sitting in Wichita and talking to the world...
...this happen to a seemingly popular idea? From the start, powerful conservative organizations like the Christian Coalition and the Eagle Forum derided the very notion of national examinations, claiming they violate a cherished American ideal of local-school control. Worse, they warned, the national tests would lead to homogenized classroom curriculums and ultimately to federal educrats wresting control of American classrooms from parents, teachers and students. Says Jennifer Marshall, an analyst with the Family Research Council: "We don't think there is such a thing as a good federal test...
Yale decided several years ago that all first-and second-year students must live in campus housing, exempting only married students and those over 21. The new rule was based on the notion that a Yale education is incomplete without constant exposure to other Yale students. This year, five Orthodox Jews who have been granted housing on single-sex floors have refused to pay their $6,850 rooming fee because they "cannot in good conscience, live in a place where women are permitted to stay overnight in men's rooms, and where visiting men can traipse through the common halls...
...skit, hated the media's typecasting. "Some of these films explored certain areas of how we treat each other that I find horrific, and that's why I wanted to do them," he says, practically seething. "But I have 16 years of work behind me, so I reject the notion that that's the only way people view...
...royal sanctuary because, when seen from a distance, Jebel Barkal's silhouette resembles, even today, a crown adorned with a cobra, which is a symbol of royal power. The Egyptians believed Jebel Barkal to be a prime residence of the god Amun, the bestower of royal authority--a notion that was later taken up by the Nubians. About 730 B.C., when the Nubians rose up and conquered Egypt, establishing what became known as Egypt's 25th dynasty, they drew on the authority granted by Amun at Jebel Barkal to justify their rule over both lands...