Word: belief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pioneers in the rolling farmlands of Pennsylvania who had lived through the unnerving ordeal were left with emotions that ranged from simple and utter relief to seething anger at the combination of forces that had exposed them to such danger. Declared Middletown . Resident Ann Martin, who felt her past belief in the safety of the plant had been betrayed: "They ought to make sure that thing never opens again. They should knock it down and give the island back to the kids and the fishermen...
...There's a good balance. It is a very vivid demonstration of the importance of American military strength when it is used for peaceful purposes." This latter-day Isaiah is trying his best to beat some of our swords into plowshares, but inside Jimmy Carter is the same belief found in most Americans-that our might has done more to preserve modern peace than any other single force. While he argues for disarmament, Carter intends to devise new and better weapons...
Everyday language contains countless reminders of Islam's basic belief that nothing on earth happens without God's will. Tell a Cairo taxi driver where you want to go, and he will answer "Inshallah " (If God wills). If a housewife finds tomatoes in the market, she may mutter "Al-hamdu lillah " (Praise be to God). The fellah in the Nile Delta will whisper "Bismillah" (In the name of God) as he sows his field. Egypt's President Anwar Sadat took a statesmanlike risk in making his historic trip to Jerusalem. Yet, as a devout Muslim, he knew that no mere...
Eight words in Arabic sum up the central belief of the world's 750 million Muslims: "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God." Five times a day, from Djakarta to Samarkand to Lagos, this shahada (confession of faith) is recited by the devout as muezzins (callers to prayer) summon them to worship...
...government in Kampala once the city was firmly under its control. No one could be quite sure when that would happen. Amin might decide to make a brave last stand at Jinja, or he might simply flee to either Libya or neighboring Kenya. But it was also not beyond belief that Big Daddy would simply disappear into the bush, and carry on with a government-in-exile somewhere in the wilds of northern Uganda...