Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...make of it...I'm really rather an awkward problem." Now, notes David Starkey, a lecturer in history at the London School of Economics, the death of Diana "has put Charles in an impossible position." Just a few weeks ago, a poll revealed that Britons were contemplating the notion that he might marry Camilla with less aversion, if not outright support. Even Diana, shortly before her death, told BBC court correspondent Jennie Bond that Parker Bowles should be given public recognition for her loyalty to Charles. "She realized Camilla was the love of Prince Charles' life," said Bond. "She went...
...with a tell-all book, trapped in a loveless marriage. But that image too was fleeting, replaced by a very '90s portrait of a shrewd operator, better at public relations than all the palace spear throwers. By the time she agreed to a divorce, she had embraced the American notion that marriage is more about self-fulfillment than sacrifice or lines of succession. She had built up such reserves of public sympathy by this time that even as she lost her status, she kept her stature...
...unions endorsed mayors Rudolph Giuliani in New York and Richard Riordan in Los Angeles. The largest national police group supported President Clinton for re-election after he promised federal funding for more cops and a blazing war against drugs. In such an atmosphere it is easy to accept the notion that tough cops prevent crime...
...initial aim of the funds, which were developed in the 1950s, was to protect against market risk and earn greater return in times of sluggish stock-market performance. The notion had a simple elegance: If rich investors could cash in during booms by betting on winners, couldn't they profit during busts by betting against losers? The first funds were fairly simple, usually holding 50% of their assets in long-term investments that were expected to rise over time, and 50% in short positions in stocks or bonds that were considered overvalued. (In a basic short position a fund sells...
...largely behind the anti-spanking movement. The backlash started in the 1960s, he says, with the advent of more permissive parenting. But in the past decade or so, a shocking rise in child-abuse cases has had public-health officials scrambling for an explanation. Blaming spanking made sense; the notion that violence begets violence has a certain touchy-feely logic. Besides, most parents feel terrible after spanking their kids. What better reason...