Word: notionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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APEC as a whole shied away from a suggestion that it monitor regional human- rights abuses, along with any notion that it should move toward trade-bloc status. The group even rejected a change in its awkward name -- Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans calls it "four adjectives in search of a noun" -- rather than label itself a "community." Reason: the term suggests the kind of integration that Asian nations say they want to avoid. And besides, said Hong Kong Financial Secretary Hamish Macleod, "People are a little wary of possibly being dominated by the U.S. I think the majority view...
...This notion that we as individuals can change things is an article of faith at the Department of Housing and urban Development, and it is a hallmark of President Clinton's administration," he said...
...were never involved in any discussion about how the benefits process would work except in a very broad sense," he said. "The notion of advisory groups was one we didn't hear about until the week after his letter...
Videotape as a kind of immortality: how sweet, how narcissistic, how '90s this notion is. So is this glossy, well-acted movie about a very privileged victim. Because Bob has no problems with money, work, a restless wife or unruly kids, he can spend his time in crash-course therapy, discovering that, yes, his parents really did love him. Moviegoers in dead-end jobs and edgy relationships will wish they could live half as glamorously as Bob Jones dies. This is Final Exit, Hollywood-style: death warmed over...
...roared with mirth but had a low, dry chuckle and a broad grin. His humor was sly and wry and almost never deserted him, no matter how grave the issue. Talking about the threat of nuclear war and his deep doubts about military technology, he once summed up his notion of the first nuclear exchange: "The Soviets will shoot off their missiles and hit Moscow, and we will respond and take out Miami or Atlanta...