Word: belief
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Embarrassed Soviet officials later explained that the MiG's pilot had ejected shortly after takeoff from Poland's Kolobrzeg air base, in the mistaken belief that his aircraft had lost power. The plane flew on automatic pilot for 1 hour and 37 minutes, covering 560 miles before falling out of the sky. Soviet officials promised to pay for "physical and moral damages" caused by the mishap...
...tell, Naipaul and his group could have just concluded an agreement to turn sacred cows into discount luggage. His reaction to the interview indicates that he would have found such a deal more interesting. "They were criminals with nothing to say," he remarks impatiently. "No patterned narrative, just fanatical belief...
...that you don't have to trek down the hall in a towel and shower behind a see-through map-of-the-world curtain while various individuals wander in and out. One of my friends was privileged to have this experience, and has informed me that contrary to popular belief, Asia is not big enough to cover your body from shoulders to knees...
...first night we went to a party in LowellHouse (contrary to popular belief, Lowell doesoccasionally have parties) and my roommate'sboyfriend introduced me to his roommate...
...specializing in science and technology, she has contributed to covers on subjects, ranging from supercomputers to supernovas, that have proved as challenging as the sun. A "lopsided liberal-arts graduate" of Bryn Mawr College who joined TIME in 1965, Nash credits her fascination with such topics to a firm belief that "nothing is so difficult that it can't be understood with a little effort." Her marriage to a physicist helps, allowing her "to absorb a feel for how scientists think and operate, virtually by osmosis...