It was the last thoroughgoing attempt to apply a consistent idea to modern living, and we still live with and among its ideas and artefacts.
There's been no more powerful and consistent idea in American politics during the past generation than the notion that government is the problem, not the solution.
Even now, tyro artists may raid the rich, messy pantry of Moreau's art, which is ungoverned by any consistent idea.
Sprite envisioned a soft drink that would riff off the familiar lemon-lime flavor and cultivate loyalty not to a consistent taste but to a consistent idea about taste.
A per-unit-length value of the accelerating factor (specific accelerating factor) gives instead a rough but consistent idea of a servo-motor quality, for a more systematic and thoughtful selection.
The member states are far from having a consistent idea on the future of the EU, in part because of the division between some of the "old" member states and some of the newer ones, particularly those in Eastern Europe.
It is mind-boggling that with so many diverse issues associated with immigration reform, the one consistent idea that the Republican party has had for some twenty years (probably more) is enforcement.
At this point, conservatives have exposed the fact that they subscribe to a network that distributes a single, consistent idea which, in turn, and not coincidentally, becomes what every single one of them thinks, believes, and says.
With the divergence of recommendations about routine visits, it is not surprising that GPs lacked a consistent idea of when women should attend.
This finding is consistent with ideas concerning organizational learning (e.g., Levitt and March 1988).
