Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Greko, a graduate of the Swedish University of Commerce, spoke on "Free Enterprise and Socialism in Sweden." He outlined the functions of the various parts of the Swedish economy, and emphasized that contrary to popular belief, Sweden is not a socialist country...
...First, he should practice it himself. The teacher who makes no decisions is evading the hardest part of the task. It is comparatively easy to raise doubts....But doubt should be regarded as the prelude to belief...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...
...matters with the general while in New York or while in Texas. The fact of the matter is I have a great hope that we will have peace and that I will have an opportunity to work and vote for General Ike Eisenhower for President; for it is my belief that he has the respect of nearly all of our citizens in both the Democratic and Republican parties...
Thor Heyerdahl was a determined scientist with a theory. It was his belief that a resolute young man, by rafting across the Pacific, could earn enough money to retire for life. "Kon-Tiki"--which has grossed him an estimated four million--has proven Heyerdahl's point, and it's also a darn good movie...
...Another common belief, that hemophilia is "the curse of the Habsburgs," is unfounded. It was a lethal gift to the royal families of Europe from Britain's Queen Victoria. Of her four sons only the youngest, Leopold, was a bleeder, died at 31. But two of Victoria's daughters, Alice and Beatrice, carried the disease to their German offspring. Through one of Alice's daughters, it passed to the Czarevitch Alexis (murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918); through Beatrice's daughter to sons of Spain's Alfonso XIII...