Word: belief
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Contrary to a popular belief that gypsies come from Egypt...
This discovery coincided with TIME Inc.'s own enlarged interest in world trade. TIME-LIFE International, which publishes our overseas editions, is founded on the belief that the exchange of news and goods between America and the rest of the world is for the benefit of all concerned. Its overseas editions carry advertising sold separately from TIME Inc.'s domestic editions, and there are at present more than 462 world traders advertising in them...
...form of static caused by the word "peace" being fervently repeated by millions from Minsk to Minneapolis. Contrary to what the listener might conclude, the phenomenon did not mean that peace was any nearer, or that anyone could relax. In fact, the more people sat back in the belief that peace on earth was just around the corner, the nearer the world would...
...losing one position after another to the reactionaries. We put on brilliant parades, but the election results are the opposite. We have examples of opportunist backsliding and degeneracy in our party. [Many Communists] can cite Lenin, Marx and Engels, but they cannot cope with practical politics ... A belief has awakened in the masses that ... we are on the downward path...
...Canadians," said Abbott, "are realists. We do not expect to get something for nothing." In that belief, he had given them a completely realistic budget. Though "we have stopped the abrupt decline in our exchange reserves," said he, and "our domestic economy has continued to boom . . . the general policy for this year should be to use our surplus [$670 million] to reduce our debt and thereby to fight inflation . . ." The nation should get set for an economic slump, and be ready for an international emergency. "A substantial surplus will help to keep our powder...