Word: notions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prime objective of the test is to get people aware of the fact that they too can use computers. A lot of people come in with the notion that computers are what other people use," said Chairman of the QRR Committee Andrew M. Gleason...
...magnificent London house of Mr. Morpurgo. The fault is not his but his haughty wife's, who, Rose notes acidly, "made war on ease by every word she said." The young Aubreys come away convinced that Mr. Morpurgo will seek a divorce. Their mother is shocked at the notion: "Divorce! You are too young to utter the word, and there is no reason why you should, for you know nothing about it. You have never known anybody who was divorced. I don't think I ever have, except of course Cosima Wagner." The scene shifts, in a downwardly mobile fashion...
...liberties groups. They fear that such efforts threaten to undermine the rights of all criminal defendants. Judge Kaufman has a different concern, that unethical lawyers are part of a "disturbing trend within the profession." Says he: "Unquestioning advancement of a client's wishes at all costs is a destructive notion that undermines the foundations of the profession...
...mockery the cuts would make of some of the nation's crowning principles. Hopefully the defeat of the proposal by the Senate committee last week will stand up when the full Senate considers the matter. If the proposal is reinstated, hard work will not be rewarded commensurately and the notion of equality of opportunity will be dealt a serious blow. When Bonker concludes that "the financial and party is over" one has to wonder why it is that the last one invited is always the first to slam the door...
...NOTION that feminism is a recent or purely Western phenonenon should be dispelled by this book. You will find no calls for the maintenance of the status quo because the book was not intended to give air to any conservative views women might have. And while the contributers in some cases refer to progress taking place, they overwhelmingly call for change. But for all the similarities we find in the calls for action, we leave the book with a profound conception that the immediate concerns, obstacles and priorities of these activist women are anything but uniform across the globe...