Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eisenhower had reported little more than his own hopes. But he had presented them well-and had presented his absolute conviction of the necessity of defending Europe, and his belief in the availing strength of the Western world if it would only rise to the crisis. That was his unwavering point...
...Bingham's uncompromising stand in favor of amateurism also stemmed from this belief that college athletics exist to fill an educational function. It athletics exist to educate the participating student, he felt, then colleges should let the students play, instead of fielding a professional team whose sole function was to make money...
Much of the vituperation that Mr. Bingham had heaped on him during his years as athletic director was because of this belief in amateurism. Alumni, subway and genuine, students, columnists, and colleges choosing the path of professionalism, all were blinded by football won and lost records and football gate receipts. Their insights into the role of college athletics went no further than the crowds in the stadiums Saturdays and the spectacle on the gridirons below. Mr. Bingham's insights went deeper, and he struggled, often almost alone, to preserve college athletics for the college student. The price he paid...
This letter was written on the belief that CRIMSON readers would find the by-now patently fake Radcliffe Mother's opinion funny. The belief was apparently accurate; every undergraduate reply to the letter was similarly tongue-in-cheek. But "Radcliffe Mother"--and the CRIMSON--failed to reckon with the Associated Press...
Above & beyond immediate issues, Austin is a U.N. rock of confidence. He never falters in his belief that the U.N. is on the way to One World, tolerant and peaceful. Last week he would not admit that U.N.'s timidity in the face of Chinese Communist aggression has any ominous resemblance to the League of Nations' historic breakdown when confronted by Japanese aggression in Manchuria and Italian aggression in Ethiopia. "You can't kill the United Nations, even with a battle-ax," he insists. "The people of the world would never allow this organization to quit...