1.   They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.

2.   At Brandeis, an anthropologist who lived with Tibetan nuns in India is arguing that Western notions of Buddhism as a gender-neutral religion are incorrect.

3.   A recent commentary in The New Light of Myanmar called democratic freedoms a Western notion that can retard economic growth.

4.   But critics see folly in the Western notion of a multiethnic Balkan society, which they consider a contradiction in terms.

5.   During the cold war, the major global division was between liberal democracy and Marxism, both of which are Western notions.

6.   In India, marriage is traditionally more a union based on social and economic interests rather than romantic love between individuals, a decidedly more Western notion.

7.   In effect, a religious force deeply suspicious of Western notions of democracy, human rights and pluralism emerged as the kingmaker in Israeli politics.

8.   People who work here say their Thai guests are doubtful about the Puritan ethic, the Western notion of salvation through workouts and muesli.

9.   The cantorial singing, mostly by Marcel Lorand, is ornate, openly emotional, and unfettered by Western notions of intonation and vocal color.

10.   To develop a means for interpreting what was expressive about their forms, he did not rely on specifically Western notions like genius and originality.