Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flexibility of the Russian theory may be illustrated by this difference: many Western military men believe that nuclear weapons in the hands of the infantry reduce the need for manpower because they increase firepower per man. This belief leads toward nuclear-armed ground forces so small that they could fight only nuclear war. But Russian generals believe that nuclear infantry weapons increase the manpower requirements because more soldiers will be needed to replace the heavier casualties. This leaves the Russians with large numbers of soldiers who can fight either nuclear or non-nuclear...
...made up their minds what to do. At week's end, steelmakers still could not decide about their prices. One small steel firm knew what it had to do. The Alan Wood Steel Co. of Conshohocken, Pa., which had announced price increases averaging $6 a ton in the belief that big companies were ready to do so, rescinded its increase "to stay competitive...
Days Without Weather. Horner, just turned 28, has suffered a paralyzing case of "birthday despondency." A sinister Negro doctor brings him out of it. In describing the doctor's manifold therapies, Novelist Barth shows a true satirist's hatred for all the quackery visited by blind belief in the healing powers of science upon muddled, addled and wicked souls...
Finis E. Engleman, Executive Secretary of the American Association of School Administrators, counseled educators to listen to advice and criticism offered by laymen, and reiterated the necessity for instilling in all Americans the belief that through better education this country's ills are best combatted...
Such a preoccupation with form stemmed from Harvard's belief in education as a discipline of the mind--a pencil-sharpener supplying precision to the basic materials...