Word: notions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...large number of experts attacked the notion that the invasion might offer any long-term solutions to the Middle East crisis. George Ball, former Under Secretary of State, was one of the harshest critics of the U.S. policy that was evolving last week. Said he: "The Administration is indulging in an act of self-deception to think that the invasion will improve chances for a negotiated solution to the Palestinian problem in the occupied areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. All this has done is to make real negotiations impossible because it strengthens the hands of the most...
...chillingly candid discussion of nuclear options mean that the U.S. thinks a nuclear war is winnable? "This notion has no place in our strategy," insisted Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger last week at the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Said he: "We see nuclear weapons only as a way of discouraging the Soviets from thinking that they could ever resort to them. That is exactly why we must have a capability for a protracted response-to demonstrate that our strategic forces could survive Soviet strikes over an extended period...
Molyneux also attacks the notion that the University can remain "neutral" on issues such as divestment of holdings in companies linked with South Africa. And although Harvard claims it has little impact on the actions of other institutions, says Molyneux, President Bok's statements on South Africa and other issues always appear in The New York Times. The Boston Globe and even in the white South African press. "He uses publicity when he refuses student demands, not when Harvard takes one of its few steps to meet its social responsibility...
...they got the chance, or made the effort to get to know him, these people would find, as he says, a person of extremes (that's a good B-School type weakness)". The notion shows up again and again in his evaluation of himself. It shows up in his high visibility and gregariousness, contrasted with the way he values "quiet times, small groups of people, intimate conversations," and the Cafe Pamplona. He admits the need for "moderating influences," of which his mother, and longtime roommate Mauro Keller Sarmiento are the most prominent. He is a person who has the confidence...
...spurred discussion of an even broader issue: whether any standardized test. SAT or Achievement, actually can illuminate a student's basic abilities. Many have charged that high scorers on any such test are likely to be well-off and to have attended better high schools. Whitla, however, dismisses the notion that there exist "bright and noble savages"--students who could succeed here academically in spite of preparation so poor that they could not do well on Achievements...