Word: notion
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Here's a radical notion: putting the Democrats on record as the party committed to "no new taxes." The scheme is the latest ploy from Virginia Democratic leader Paul Goldman, political aide to Douglas Wilder, the nation's only black Governor. Goldman will present a read-my-lips resolution to this week's meeting of the Democratic National Committee, where its chances are akin to Michael Dukakis' making a comeback. But Goldman's gambit highlights the distinction between his man Wilder (who has slashed spending rather than raise taxes in Virginia) and both the Democratic congressional budget negotiators and Mario...
...anyone who observes the brio of these rehearsals, as well as the total lack of temperamental combustion, it seems clear that there is the embryo of a new troupe here. For dance fans the notion is very attractive. Things are stale now in both ballet and modern dance. The prolific Morris -- who says, "I can make up a thousand steps; my problem is deciding what to keep" -- has shown an affinity for classical movement. It could be a dream linking. Baryshnikov, however, doesn't think a White Oak Company is in the cards. Speaking of dancers in the group...
Griffiths wears a hearing aid and is physically frail, and even her admirers concede that she has grown a bit eccentric. But she scoffs at the notion that she is not up to her job. When the age issue arose in 1982 -- she was a mere 70 then -- she dismissed it with the comment "I'm a year younger than Reagan. And I stay awake at meetings." As for her duties, she said, "You preside over the senate, cast a vote in case there's a tie and inquire every morning about the Governor's health." She figures...
...Many people find the notion of genetic testing scary. Should they...
...exact same field over the years, she says she has not limited her perspective to any specific ideology. She says that she is "out to learn," rather than "out to make a point." She cites as an example her dissertation, in which she challenged a widely accepted notion that slavery and industrialization are incompatible...