Word: notions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...notion that a unilateral nuclear-weapons freeze could be beneficial to us is absurd. The proponents of this position probably also believe they cannot be seen if they cover their eyes...
...moviegoers. The odds are against her, on three counts. No European performer since Audrey Hepburn has become a blazing star of American movies; actresses these days have fewer options, fewer succulent roles offered them, than actors; and American films are in a period of relative indifference toward the very notion of stardom, instead putting their faith in big-budget special effects and no-name sex comedies. Kinski may have to settle for her current status as a celebrity commodity, for whom each film is not so much a vehicle as an expensive commercial for some exotic fragrance. "Nastassia...
...unimposing. Standing only 4 ft. 11 in. tall, he jokes, "When I started studying economics, I was 6 ft. 2." During the Carter Administration, Reich was policy planning director at the Federal Trade Commission, an agency often criticized for imposing oppressive rules on businesses. He rejects the Reaganomic notion that Government regulation and high taxation are the root causes of U.S. economic problems. Instead, Reich heaps most of the blame on the executives who run American corporations. Since the days of Henry Ford and the Model T, Reich points out, American managers have relied on mass production. Relatively unskilled workers...
These are the reasons why we as lawmakers from around the nation strongly support the divestment. We do not share the confused notion of some of our government and university leaders who argues that divestment is not justified. We must question the sincerity of your action as President of Harvard, when this week you moralized about ethics, justice and responsibility among. Harvard lawyers while you rejected place to divest Harvard investments from corporations that feed the University through profits made in the exploitation of the South African Black population...
Others disagree with this notion, however, saying that tradition is equally important. "You can't simply buy a great orchestra," says Boston's Morris. "You have to build a tradition, and preserve it." Lukas Foss, Milwaukee's conductor, puts it bluntly: "Money makes you famous, not great...