Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Certainly it's an assumption that must be made by anybody who believes in the American tradition. It was in that belief that our nation was founded. It's expressed in the Federalist Papers. It is expressed by Abraham Lincoln . . . He said: 'The Declaration of Independence . . . gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.' It means in due course the weight should be lifted from the shoulders...
...That is a basic American belief and it is also the working hypothesis on which we conduct our foreign policy...
...advantages of this institution for three, four or eight years, and go out believing in one God, many Gods, or no God. But it will be impossible for one to continue with us long without knowing what we believe to be the truth, and our reasons for that belief...
This is sometimes known as the Scopes Trial after the Dayton, Tennessee high school teacher who was prosecuted by the state for teaching Darwin's "Origin of the Species" instead of the traditional biblical belief in biology...
...smooth talker from the State Department (Richard Eastham). The brink is attained when Mary shows up to play tug of war with Bing for custody of their ten-year-old son (Malcolm Brod-rick), a sensitive lad who loves his papa, hates his mamma, and utters sagacities, mature beyond belief, that would help resolve the mess if only the squabbling adults would listen to him. Also giving Crosby daily advice is his lawyer's girl Friday (Inger Stevens), as coy a baggage as ever hung heart on sleeve...