Word: belief
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...control, almost certainly lay with Captain Rogers. He is commander of the U.S.S. Vincennes, the guided-missile cruiser that shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf last July 3, killing all 290 people aboard. Rogers gave the order to fire missiles at the plane in the mistaken belief that it was an Iranian jet fighter attacking his ship...
That neglect may stem from indifferent fellow passengers on this planet or, more seriously, eternity. Updike does not want to conclude that his -- or anyone's -- existence means nothing in the long run. His belief in God, his Sunday church-going, his hope for some form of a hereafter are all discussed and underline how unconventional his fiction has been by contemporary standards...
...belief that tough guys are really decent guys at heart may be, as Norman Mailer once remarked, "one of the sweetest thoughts in all the world." And a necessary one. For, as the novelist also observed, "there's nothing more depressing than finding a guy as tough as nails and as mean as dirt...
...last belief, the one-quarter plan would have been a guarantor of mild and subtle change. The one-half plan, though more stern, deserves the same evaluation. It deserves student support...
...offbeat birds. The Hyatt hunch is that today's travelers are in desperate search of an Experience, a made-to-order memory, and are willing to pay $265 a night for the average room to $2,500 for a presidential suite in order to find it. From that belief was born their Fantasy Resort, which promises to change the way many superluxe hotels do business. After much campfire brainstorming, the Waikoloa staff came up with a menu of activities, priced them fantastically and still cannot always keep up with demand. Though roughly half the guests at any given time...