Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earlier portions of his address President Pusey traced the development of the course in moral philosophy through the older universities of America, and posed the question, "Where in our college has this course gone?" He expressed the belief that although we no longer have the formal course in moral philosophy, taught in the old days by the president of the university himself to the members of the senior class, all the students and professors together teach...
Charles Halleck, our editor in chief, One in whom we have much belief, Has hopes and ambitions today Of becoming President of the U.S.A...
Much of U Nu's anger at the army seems rooted in his belief that high officers are in league with U Nu's political rivals to prevent his victory at the next elections-whenever they are held. The army has also embarrassed U Nu by turning up numerous cases of corruption in his government. So far, by general agreement, General Ne Win has served Burma well. He has kept prices generally stable, has cleared miles of hideous Rangoon slums, and moved 100,000 squatters out of the city. The general has not tampered with the courts...
...belief is," replied Illinois' Dirksen, "that she may have had some provocation-among other things, Wayne has made her out to be a liar and dishonest." Next day Dirksen finished the debate off by revealing how low the Morse attack had fallen. Morse, he said (and Morse later verified it), called Mrs. Luce's physician in New York in an attempt to find out whether she had ever been under psychiatric care. Dirksen, quoting the doctor, said: "She-isn't and wasn...
...Touch of the Poet. The late great Playwright Eugene O'Neill makes a powerful if somewhat windy case for his favorite belief, i.e., illusions make and unmake...