Word: notions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...witnessed at least one sizable demonstration. But none of the fever-of the frenzied idea that something must be done, can be done, should be done - lingers. The apathy Times and News week point to stems less from the assured sense that nothing ins wrong than from the hopeless notion that nothing can be made right...
...when the King of Spain sent a fleet to conquer the English ships and to invade and impose Roman Catholicism on the people. When people say the Pope ought not to come, they are saying that something like the Spanish Armada is on our doorstep again. They have a notion that one last ship was left behind and is now arriving...
...leadership in Congress should move toward the political middle and be more willing to compromise. Said he: "The President has to quit being so ideological with respect to his economic policy, and the Democrats have to be willing to give in on some of those programs, certainly on the notion that Social Security cannot be touched...
...Richard Reeves' brave notion to accomplish a rough duplicate of Tocqueville's tour, seeking out the same sorts of Americans-the mayor of New York City, the president of Harvard, businessmen and editors in quantity, and an embittered ex-President (John Quincy Adams for Tocqueville. Nixon for Reeves). The result is a spacious and thoughtful introduction to a classic. The author's theme is Tocqueville's: the national character formed in a state of fragile liberty by government, commerce, the press and the huge continent itself. Tocqueville found an exuberant nation, at times irritating...
...task makes them a trifle selfabsorbed. "The world is a seamless web," Susan declares at one point, which means that telling the story of how they met forces them to start all the way back at the Big Bang. A corollary of this notion troubles Susan: "We don't believe that Harry Truman created the Central Intelligence Agency for the sake of this story, do we?" Fenwick does not answer...