Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...went abroad on several wartime Government missions, but got his first big job when Harry Truman appointed him Ambassador to Poland in 1947. Griffis expressed the belief that Poland "will never become Communist." Two years later, with the Polish Communists in full control, Griffis was sent to Argentina, quickly got on good terms with Juan Perón and wife Evita. He worked hard for better trade relations between the U.S. and Argentina, but he angered the press corps and distressed the State Department by glossing over the undemocratic aspects of the Perón regime. "As human beings...
Authority & Salvation. To Protestants, he says, the Bible is "the supreme authority upon all matters of Christian belief and behavior . . . the chief and permanent medium of the Christian's communion with God." But to Roman Catholics, says Dr. Mackay, Church tradition "is equal in authority to the Bible. Moreover, the Church itself, under the leadership of an infallible pope, is ultimately more authoritative than either the Bible or tradition...
Underlying Weakness. NATO might have a hard time keeping to its timetable, which calls for increasing West Europe's present 19 divisions to 60 divisions by 1952's end. A far more serious matter of concern is the belief in some quarters that the timetable itself is too modest, that, given decisive and insistent leadership by the U.S., Europe could rearm much more quickly...
...Harry Truman did penance for his hotheaded note to Washington Music Critic Paul Hume (TIME, Dec. 18). To his intimates, the President's moments of glum self-appraisal seemed mostly concerned with his daughter's instant reaction to the first news of the letter-her "absolutely positive" belief that her father would never use such language. The President was also a little taken aback at the worldwide sensation his mule skinner's phrasing...
...they later went on tour to confess that their apparent psychic powers were an "absolute fraud," really started something. By 1854 (while the Fox sisters were still "psychic"), 15,000 earnest believers had signed a petition demanding that Congress appoint a committee of scientists to investigate such phenomena.* And belief in spiritualism continues to flourish. This month, Britain's House of Commons gravely read for the second time a bill to protect "genuine" mediums by repealing the Witchcraft...