Despite a declaration by the Second Vatican Council three decades ago that all good-willed people could be "saved" regardless of their religion, the Christian notion of salvation still relies on evangelism.
Another appealing aspect of biodynamics is the notion of healing the land, of bringing soils and their environment--and the cosmos--back into a lively equilibrium.
"Winemakers feel the same way about their relationship to terroir and the notion of what wine is, " he continues.
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What's less certain is the famous Vinland map, supposedly from the 15th century, that is claimed to document their notion of its coast: studies of the map's inks and stains suggest it may well be a fake.
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In the recent case of Chicago, the teachers union resisted the notion that 30 percent of their evaluation should be based on student performance.
Employees not only want to keep their personal data safe, but they will balk at the notion of IT taking their device away for half a day or more , says Jow.
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But they have only the vaguest notion of whether the doctors are making their communities as healthy as they can, or whether they are more or less efficient than their counterparts elsewhere.
According to social historian Joe Moran, author of Queuing For Beginners, the notion that imperial measures embody tradition and reassurance accounts for much of their appeal to the British.
Serbs resist the notion of independence for Kosovo, because centuries ago it was the center of their empire.
The simple notion of team or community often increases the value each member places on their own ability, the amount of effort they exude, and the care they commit to others.
While the reporters on the scene in Cairo serve as a rebuke to the notion of journalistic cowardice, the international media's tepid and superficial coverage of their brutalization at the hands of the demonstrators shares important features with the negligence of CNN in Iraq and the reporters in Ramallah.
Founded in 1996 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston -- the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in 1969 -- the Clipper Race revolves around the notion anyone can circumnavigate the globe, regardless of their experience.
Professor Tim Morris, who heads the program and has studied the way leaders help or hinder innovation within their organization, says he is doubtful about the notion of the "heroic" leader, a charismatic, totemic figure who pulls subordinates along in his or her all-powerful wake.
The phrase so neatly encapsulated his notion of their brief that he used it, or minor variants, 17 times during the hour-long parliamentary debate on his announcement.
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Given how much the Rangers have struggled to score in this postseason they scored four times in their first game and haven't scored as often in any of their subsequent 15 games the notion that a coach would help his team rally by not playing his top offensive player seems counterintuitive at best.
Professor PEGGIE SMITH (Law, University of Iowa): And you see over and over again these references to the fact that women of color, black women in particular, did not require as much in order to live, the notion that their families simply didn't need the same level of pay as did, for example, white families in order to make a daily living.
Their main innovation appears to be the notion of offering disparate existing functionality on a locked-in platform.
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Most Asians know about the attack on currencies, but how many have a notion of what consumes their business partners and diplomatic allies after they leave the office?
Senior Israeli military and intelligence officials, past and present, who oppose the notion of a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran, made sure their views were leaked in the press.
The notion that the carrier subsidy should affect the way people interact with their own property is full of holes.
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Their notion is that if you kind of bird-dog the kid very closely, that you can toilet-train them very early and everything will be neat and wonderful.
Critical in these discussions has been the underlying notion that corporations reach the bar of citizenship best when they are able to serve their shareholders while satisfying their community responsibilities.
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He does, however, see a grain of truth in the notion that Asian mothers, more comfortable than Westerners with the idea of meritocracy, drive their children hard.
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Even when it's possible, consumers have historically rejected the notion of online content on their TVs.
Their most striking suggestion, however, involves the controversial notion of a health-insurance plan run by the federal government.
She says English-speakers who feel uncomfortable at the notion of bargaining should open their minds and have fun with it.
There is reason to think that punters are growing wary of the notion that they can eat their way to fighting fitness.
While one city may be interested in installing videos to catch illegal garbage dumpers, another will cringe at the notion of filming citizens without their knowledge.
"The important change is that very well-educated and upper-income people compared to five to 10 years ago have shifted their opinion and are now expressing significant concern about the notion of...free trade, " said Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster who helps conduct the Journal survey.
Their funereal views of our economic future are rooted in the notion that stateside investment will dry up such that wages and job opportunities will become less bountiful.
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