Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...believe in a compassionate personal God and a hereafter complete with resurrection of the body, who should be put away with a minimum of hubbub . . . It is the atheists who should have a little ceremony. For, lacking a belief in God, if they have any moral purpose in life, it must be solely the betterment of and service to their fellow men. It seems to me that some small tribute of remembrance in words and music would be fitting for one who had held the belief that he was returning to the black eternal void whence he came...
...with a dollar and a weighty man in the Cabinet, is against any large-scale foreign spending; Banker Dodge thinks Harold Stassen's plans are dangerously dreamy. The foreign-aid enthusiasts think Humphrey and Dodge are dangerously unimaginative. But despite individual differences, the Cabinet is unanimous in its belief that the character of the cold war is changing, and that the U.S. urgently needs to reshape its foreign policy. The objective is to shift the emphasis of U.S. world strategy away from military containment (which leaves the initiative with the Communists), closer to economic "liberation," with the emphasis...
...loafers and Dacron hose have retained their popularity. The most practical shoe is still the Cordovan with plain toe. Contrary to common belief, Cordovan is not a brand name, but refers to any shoe made of horse-hide, the toughest of leathers used in shoemaking...
...There is a glimmer of hope," he admits, "in the success of some of my friends in getting a reversal over the draft boards rulings against their conscientious objector belief." One pacifist friend, Christopher Fried 3G, was able to get special draft status upon a special appeal, after both the local and state boards had turned him down...
Savings and loan men, who have long opposed Government interference in the housing industry, were strongly against the Eisenhower Administration's liberalization of the Federal Housing Act. Since it has been liberalized, they think similar benefits should be extended to their business. There is also a deep-seated belief, as Howard Edgerton says, that "the U.S. doesn't need a liberalized version...