Word: notion
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...India that has just discovered its radiant masses. Urban women are spending more on looking good, signing up for aerobics, skin treatments, silicon implants and nose or jaw jobs, which occasionally end in disaster. Cable TV, especially the 24-hour fashion channel, has brought with it a dramatically different notion of dressing. Tight skirts, cocktail dresses and power suits are In, even for women used to being seen in a wispy sari. As the Indian economy prospers, there is much more income to spare on designer wear. "The quality [of contestants] has definitely improved, and now any of our finalists...
...less in places like Nigeria and Kenya--compared with an average of $2,485 in developed countries like the U.S. Less than half the people in the area have access to clean water, and just over half of all children are vaccinated against diphtheria, polio and tetanus. The notion that African countries can somehow buy and distribute the expensive drugs that can prolong life for those infected with HIV--even at the drastically subsidized rates that some companies have promised--is farfetched. Beyond that, the illness and death of so many workers is draining what little strength these already weak...
...notion that developed countries could do more to subsidize the cost of drugs was given impetus by a study reported in Durban last week. Such aid has been dismissed in part on the grounds that patients on these medicines need more monitoring than local health officials can possibly provide. But pilot projects in Ivory Coast, Senegal and Uganda have proved that even poor patients can stick reasonably well to a regimen without constant supervision...
...years I have resisted the notion that women have financial-planning needs that are unique to their gender. We all need stocks that go up, don't we? And getting out of debt is important for everyone, isn't it? True, but things aren't quite equal. Thirty years into the feminist movement, breadwinners remain predominantly male. As a consequence, men have a lot less to lose financially in divorce or on the death of a spouse...
...gets across that this is horrific, it is preventable, and that it's the responsibility of people in government to deal with.... The shoes are eloquent, it's chilling, it's tremendously sad to reflect upon what these people could have done, where they could have walked. The notion of people's shoes some how reflecting their lives and their path is very powerful, and there are way too many of them." -Ellen Freudenheim, cofounder and director of Silent March...