Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...What proof do Mrs. Senter and the Women's Club of Denver have that a man who commits a sex crime is a "wretch [who] cannot control his impulses." This is the belief of the uneducated and the ignorant. I am sure that many psychiatrists will agree that this impulse is one of the minor ones caused by our complex, nerve-racking society...
...they were encouraged that the Peron regime was showing signs of internal strain. The tip-off had been Evita's sudden withdrawal from the vice-presidential race after the disclosure that the army disapproved of her candidacy. Certainly part of the Radicals' new defiance rose from the belief that the army no longer fully backed Perón. But they were not pinning their hopes on a barrackroom revolt. Another Radical orator called upon the army last week to stay neutral and insist upon an honest election...
...Gallup feels that Truman could not stand against a popular and non-controversial Republican. Now that this party has control, albeit split control, of Congress, the time has come to put a Republican in the White House. Elsewhere Gallup, as well as other political observers, have expressed the belief that another defeat for the GOP would make way for the rise of a strong third party, along the pattern of Britain Laborites...
...doubt should be regarded as the prelude to belief; or, as we say, criticism should be constructive, and not merely destructive. If beliefs are demolished, they should be built again, or others in their place. If this is not done, the vacuum will be filled by authority, hearsay, or superstition...
...doubt should be regarded as the prelude to belief; or, as we say, criticism should be constructive, and not merely destructive. If beliefs are demolished, they should be built again, or others in their place. If this is not done, the vacuum will be filled by authority, hearsay, or superstition...