Notion
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The
notion
that a pretty young boy can't be a gangster is belied both by Ayres' performance and by history itself--Pretty Boy Floyd, anyone?
Her manager scoffs at this
notion
more than once throughout the film as there is just too much at stake financially if she stops performing for a while.
This is an interesting
notion
for what promises to be a stirring tale of adventure, but then the plot shifts to Bangkok, where are found the two daughters of Alex, Leslie (Nancy Kwan) and Georgia (Jennifer Rhodes with the work's best performance), along with the latter's child, all about to embark upon a journey to pay their father a surprise call.
With the exception of Contact, Hollywood's
notion
of what a scientist is has been so far from reality, yet Revelations has discovered a new extreme to take it to by contrasting it with a well-researched religious background.
I would disagree with the
notion
that this film is depressing.
When I was only about 14 I rented this movie with my best friend, when we had the brilliant
notion
that maybe all those movies we'd never heard of really were worth watching, so we picked one that seemed to have a cool cover.
But when a Colombian director needs to go to these extremes of bad taste to broadcast (once again) the false
notion
that his country is a narcotics paradise, you can only feel sorry for him.
Indeed, many people mock the very
notion
of human rights, which is seen as leading to “loony” concessions that favor criminals and terrorists.
The
notion
of user empowerment has likewise vanished amid intense competition for the direct-to-consumer e-mail marketing business.
Their reasoning indicates that they, like the President, have a childishly literal
notion
of what it is to lie.
It is not enough for Netanyahu that Palestinians have already accepted the
notion
that a Palestinian state (in the West Bank and Gaza) will account for just 22% of historic Palestine.
It is time for countries to abandon the
notion
that there is some magical form of sovereignty that will allow them to escape their responsibilities as EU members without incurring serious costs.
The great military thinker Carl von Clausewitz’s
notion
of “decisive battles” as the “center of gravity” of war is simply irrelevant to conflicts that have no visible “center of gravity.”
The
notion
used to be frowned upon because any warring party tends to view its own cause as just.
Behind this is the
notion
that respect for human rights can be enforced externally, together with the hope that rulers will behave better because they recognize that they may be held accountable for violating human rights.
In Afghanistan, he opted for a substantial military surge, but the
notion
of victory that would allow for a withdrawal of troops remains as foggy and uncertain as it was in the case of Iraq.
Against this background, the
notion
that force alone can transform conflict-riven societies in the Middle East and elsewhere is a dangerous fallacy.
There is something conspiratorial about this animus, a
notion
that the common man is at the mercy of a shadowy network of string-pullers that rules the world.
Last May, he signed an initial reconciliation agreement with Fatah in Cairo, which committed Hamas to a Palestinian unity government, called for a cessation of violence, and accepted the
notion
of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.
The 20-year-old notion, born of Cold War triumph, that Western military force could impose order wherever and whenever it wished, has become untenable.
When dealing with a leader whose credo is defined by the
notion
that “the weak get beaten,” Western governments must demonstrate their resolve, without sacrificing flexibility.
That is where the
notion
of the entrepreneur as hero can be helpful – by inducing more young people to study math and science, which will help them in many ways even if they pursue a non-technical career.
The pharmaceutical industry, fueled by our desire for quick fixes, has effectively deployed its considerable power to promulgate the
notion
of “disorders” and “illnesses” in all domains of our lives.
Indeed, no such approach really existed until the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, when the
notion
that terrorist groups could pose a real threat to the West’s security penetrated official thinking for the first time.
And that means that China also must reconsider its rigid
notion
of sovereignty.
They are often passed down within families, so they elude social policies that are based on the
notion
that equality of opportunity can be created by government action.
For starters, it will reinforce the
notion
that policies and policy disputes are to be conducted with a view to domestic issues and interests, independent of the systemic global effects – even as those effects grow larger.
Indeed, both advanced and emerging economies have long balked at the
notion
of strengthening regional and international institutions by delegating more national authority to them.
The
notion
that he shouldn’t take steps to protect his interests is ideological partiality disguised as objectivity, and it lends credence to Putin’s claims that the West is out to get him.
It is equally important for trade negotiators worldwide to reject the
notion
that IP protection is a luxury that only rich countries can afford.
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