Word: belief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this end, the UFW has resolved to support the nationwide boycott of J.P. Stevens products, recently organized by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. The boycott has been organized under the belief that it provides the only effective means by which consumers may express their opinions and voice their outrage at the conditions in the factories which produce their textile goods...
...dilemma has grown distorted. The issue of starvation itself is not what is holding us back, but rather, our belief that it is an insoluble problem. The biggest step we can take, therefore, is to realize that with the creation of a positive climate of opinion we can, and will, overcome starvation in the world...
...attention from the more important issue: quotas in elected office. The Convention officers claim the reserved seats are in accordance with Department of HEW guidelines, yet HEW guidelines would also allow special representation for handicapped and older people, both of which are present at Harvard-Radcliffe. It is our belief, however, that Harvard-Radcliffe is not only divided along racial lines and that other groups deserve affirmative action: Jewish students were asked to register for classes on a holy day a year ago, science concentrators would be required to take extra courses under the new Core Curriculum, commuter students were...
...will probably get a core curriculum. However, the saddest aspect of the whole affair is not that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences believe in the Core, but that belief here will cause the faculties at other colleges and universities to believe. Because of Harvard's institutional prestige and the corporate power of its alumni, the media have lavished huge amounts of ink on the issue, and outsiders have paid attention to the stories. And even if Harvard is not the actual initiator of a trend (as it was not in the '40s, when the University of Chicago and Columbia...
Next day, in a speech to the Venezuelan congress, Carter reaffirmed his belief that developing countries should have a bigger role in the making of international economic policies. He pledged increased U.S. contributions (now $1.9 billion a year) to international development agencies like the World Bank. But he noted that Venezuela and other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries "have a responsibility to use their surplus wealth to meet the needs of the world's people...