Word: belief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palace in 1977, the Shah claims that he was subsequently plagued by continued sniping from Washington. As the crisis worsened, the Shah was made to feel unsure about U.S. support if he took strong action to control the disorders. His failure to act decisively encouraged his opposition in the belief that he was vulnerable; his belated granting of concessions was perceived as weakness. Ultimately, the Shah contends, Washington attempted to force his abdication. When he refused to step down, the CIA was ordered to undermine...
...heterosexual struggling to remain rational while attempting to understand homosexuality, I commend John Leo's Essay. Certainly homosexuals deserve fair treatment, but as a fellow human being I reserve the right to tolerate any expression, belief, lifestyle, etc., without being required to endorse...
...issues of abortion and its public funding would appear to fall between these poles. The brief filed by the 15 organizations in McRae contends that "the majority of Americans" do not consider abortion immoral. Yet poll data indicate that about half the population agrees with the Catholic belief that human life begins at conception, and that only a minority of Americans are as liberal as the Supreme Court regarding abortion on request...
...defies belief that Frank Trippett could write a full page on the '70s without one word about inflation [Dec. 251. If there is anything future generations will recall about this decade, it will be the disappearance of the 25? hamburger, the 10? Coke and the $5 three-martini lunch. E.L. Estes Jr. Racine, Wis. Eying Evil...
...that of a three-ring circus, with the actors singing, dancing and sometimes shoving their way among the spectators. Reviewers praised the show for maintaining the satiric spirit of Voltaire's 18th-century masterpiece, which describes the spiritual education of a young man struggling to hold on to his belief that "this is the best of all possible worlds" despite the series of disasters that he and his friends experience. The play calls for sophisticated singers and dancers. At the Loeb...