Word: conceptions
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Most people (and, I suspect, The Crimson) have little concept of what folklore entails. while The Crimson had the opportunity to educate the public about the study of folklore, it did not even attempt to define the field or explain what it is that keeps our committee together...
...thought the concept of Generation X was a bonanza for pop social scientists and lazy "introspective" editorial writers, you thought too soon. Douglas Coupland's much ballyhood and much misinterpreted miscategorization now has its very own beverage. It is called, in a bit of understatement worthy of the most ardent slacker, "OK" Cola...
...members couched their feelings about the pending deprivation in high-minded terms. However, Bennett Johnston of Louisiana couldn't help whining that he wouldn't even be able to attend the annual opera ball in New Orleans if the new rules prevailed. In the Capitol, TicketMaster is an alien concept, as is advance-purchase-Saturday-night-stayover airline reservations. And paying for dinner...
...week Gulf War. Stunned to learn that the U.S.-led forces had captured more than 60,000 of his soldiers, Iraqi Lieut. General Sultan Hashim Ahmad al- Jabbari acceded to each and every condition. "His face went completely pale," Schwarzkopf later recounted. "He had had no concept of the magnitude of their defeat...
...type of changes that we're beginning to implement here. And then we've got another half that is in what can best be described as a denial phase, or a 'Well, I'm O.K., but everybody else is a problem.' So they haven't bought into the concept that they want to be part of the solution...