Woody Allen-like, the notion became a concept, then an idea - then a national event encompassing all types of media and much of society.
As the notion became a high concept, Lenderking drove from his home in Washington to Ontario to buy a 17-foot Loudon fiberglass boat for $2,200.
Three of the patients were infected with Enterobacter, the fecal bacterium, and although the cases were anecdotal, and the alleged connection between the bacterium and survival was unproven, the notion became operating-room lore.
The notion became central to the Bush administration's justification of the war in Iraq as in large part a humanitarian project to free the Iraqi people from a tyrant.
Although 'possible world' has been part of the philosophical lexicon at least since Leibniz, the notion became firmly entrenched in contemporary philosophy with the development of possible world semantics for the languages of modal logic.
But before long, the notion became a popular fashion statement as style-conscious women saw another way to start and follow a trend.
As baby boomers age, that notion becomes all the more comforting.
And, the thinking goes (the notion has become almost religious for some people), if the law were reinstated, we would avoid the next crisis.
To this day, Hollywood has trouble with strong and independent female characters, to the extent that the notion has become a stereotype and a constraint.
In today's musical climate the notion has become virtually obsolete: the chief conductors of the great orchestras have to be charismatic personalities, good publicists and keen educators.
