What seems clear is that as this situation changed, and wave after wave of foreign workers came from the 1950's onward to take part in the extraordinary postwar boom, the long-held conception of what it is to be German had difficulty accompanying this transformation.
The experimental data we have gathered so far has already begun challenging some long held conceptions regarding brain plasticity and time-lines of learning.
It's about the power of individual narratives to open hearts and minds, challenge long-held pre-conceptions, and create the space for dialogue, with the goal of creating more just societies here and abroad.
Today, however, those long-held conventions are being uprooted.
This finding differs from the long-held HMA pavement design assumption.
Chauvinism aside, this was music to my ears, as it validated my long-held hope/belief that my brother and I were products of Immaculate Conception.
These findings challenge a long-held view.
She gave it, with long-held dimples.
There are long-held attitudes.
