Word: belief
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that South-West Africa was too much a part of his country's economy to be put under UNO. Far from being ready to turn over any territory, South Africans want to expand by taking in neighboring British colonies. They are not likely to get their wish; British belief and evidence is that the natives Whitehall rules are immeasurably better off than those under South African control...
Next week, in this simple ceremony at the First Unitarian Church of Essex County (Orange, N.J.), Pierre Van Paassen, anti-fascist and best-selling author, will become a Unitarian minister. Van Paassen will not have a church. He plans to write and preach throughout the country in the belief that "a small flame can set an immense heap of wood on fire...
...Patrons. Like a good steward, MacArthur carefully included statements that would interest his patrons. Both Britain and Russia received a tribute: ¶ Jap laborites, the General reported, are sponsoring the Social Democratic Party in the belief that "political action along lines followed by the British Labor Party is the most certain means of attaining their objectives." ¶ Japan's Communists have been "keenly felt on the political scene" and have "carried on a vigorous program of activity...
...pretty comfortable state. ¶ A shy, 24-year-old tank destroyer corporal was afraid of cars and girls. But he recognized his defects, read popular articles about psychoneurotics and was determined not to be one. Faith in his church, cheery letters from his sisters, and a firm belief in the strength of his armor plate kept him going until headaches and nervousness got him down. ¶ A sergeant had nightmares; he also had near-hysteria at the sight of blood. He had known about his condition since youth, and took regular slugs of brandy to quiet his nerves...
...Beckmann's grim, ghastly Descent from the Cross - an expressionistic night mare which might have been influenced by the 3rd-Century belief that Christ was the ugliest of men (because He bore the sins of the world in His body...