Word: notions
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...think that if I had graduated on time, I would have been a lot more lost than I will be now," he says. "While before I was unsure, at least now I have a notion of what I want to do with myself...
Celebration of rightly famous historical figures, both American and black, supports a source of black identity and pride significantly more relevant and accessible to modern black Americans than any notion of common African cultural heritage. Also, both blacks and whites celebrate Black History Month. As McDonald's and Better Foods evince, Black History Month lacks all of Kwanzaa's exclusivity and divisiveness. Black History Month provides a unifying, healing celebration of black identity...
...Every new writing Faculty member comes into his or her post knowing that these are five-year positions," Kusz says. "There are no illusions. I'm not sure this affects the structure of the program, except that it reflects a notion that this program is not a program, that it's some individual classes which are here but which do not constitute a program...
Steven Spielberg has been nominated as both director and producer of Saving Private Ryan. Critics have been promulgating the notion, which Spielberg in interviews appears to encourage, that the film has redeemed selfish baby boomers by forcing them to acknowledge their parents' sacrifices--as if baby boomers hadn't grown up reading Sgt. Rock and listening to the fakey tromp-tromp sound effect of marching Nazi soldiers on all those episodes of The World at War. But people these days seem to think of Spielberg less as a filmmaker than as a healer of deep historical wounds (don't forget...
Several attorneys and government agencies who deal with disability issues said yesterday that there is some merit to Amaral's claims, but added that the notion of moving a wheelchair does not always constitute criminal assault...