Word: notions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this post-randomization era, rather than mourn the fading of a nebulous notion of "character" in the Houses, we should examine whether they are becoming the heterogeneous, open communities they were originally meant to be. MARC ROMANOFF...
Furthermore, a year later he rejected the notion that students should have any choice in this matter: "If the young men entering college were allowed to choose their houses, those coming from the same school, or from schools of the same type and from similar early surroundings, would naturally select the same House; and thus there would be a segregation among the Houses on the basis of origin--certainly a most unfortunate one." The House system drifted away from these ideals in the later years of the century, and the present assignment system has largely restored Lowell's vision, with...
...Tasmania, the island state of Australia, painted in the 19th century by, among others, John Glover and W.C. Piguenit. There wasn't a single artist in Australia in, say, 1870 who had heard of the Hudson River School. Nor was there one in America who had the smallest notion that landscapes were even being painted in the remote Antipodes, let alone of what they might be. Never, one may confidently say, have two groups of Western landscape artists influenced each other less or known less about each other. Not just less. Zero, zip, nada. So why the exhibition...
...punch behind Nashville Pussy's music. In the rip-roaring "Go Motherfucker Go," Suys proves herself to be more than just a passing instrumentalist, with admirable riffs that pretty much make the song. The fiery introduction to "All Fucked Up" is an exceptional example of her skill. Any notion that "chicks" can't cut it in the heavy metal world will quickly be put to rest by her amazing guitar pyrotechnics; as she is one of the few truly talented female guitarists in rock and roll today. Think of her as Beavis's wet dream...
...question then becomes, naturally, whether Harvard should be honoring people solely on their qualifications as Tough Ladies. Thatcher ran rampage through the political, social and economic structures of Britain throughout her rule with little notion of what she was doing. Never a master of realpolitik, and without a Kissinger, she "declared war" on the Irish Republican Army, precipitating a fresh onslaught of terrorist bombings in both Northern Ireland and England. We are still recovering from the radicalization of Irish politics--and the death toll that ensued--that she precipitated...