Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Marx believed that capitalism would destroy itself by wars between capitalist states and by other "contradictions." Stalin, shortly before his death, emphasized his belief in the same proposition. Now the U.S.S.R., by easing the Communist heat, is acting on a basic Marxist belief, and hoping for disunity in the non-Communist world. It may get that disunity on Korea, or on Germany, or on many another issue...
...three have reason not to want a further airing of murder in the Kremlin. Malenkov, whose reputation suffers from the widespread belief that it was he who arranged Zhdanov's death (for he had most to gain), may also feel the need to clear his name by proving that his rival's death was due to natural causes...
Coast to coast, congressional committees continued to investigate U.S. education, proving at least one thing: there are still some men & women in the schools and colleges who, for whatever reason, stand against the belief of eminent educators (see opposite page) that a teacher "owes candor to the public." Again & again, witnesses hid behind the Constitution and "academic freedom...
...commercial airline. The colonel last year sold his converted B-17 Flying Fortress in the canny belief it had worn out, had his judgment confirmed when it crashed shortly afterward...
...scornful repudiation of the principle instituted by Jefferson in the foundation of our country and of every characteristic which makes American history the distinctive successful "experiment" before the critical eyes of the world which Lincoln stated it was, namely: belief in the basic goodness and self-improvable nature...