Word: belief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...united in our belief that long court battle would only distract us from our real challenge of raising the level of achievement in all our schools," Menino said...
...book has been controversial, not because Mahbubani offers a particularly lurid answer to the title question--actually, he equivocates--but because of his belief that Asia is destined for greater world power, at American expense. Critics have called him anti-Western, but Mahbubani's argument is really with Western arrogance, with leaders who insist capitalism and democracy are the answer for all nations. In fact, he says, the West's hubris is accelerating its decline and polluting relations with proud, ambitious nations such as China and Japan...
...time it [legal doctrine] fit in well with the way that people understand how the universe ticks," referring to the once common belief that animals lacked intelligence...
Living in Los Angeles without a car is like being a fish without fins, or so I was told. In fact, it's more like being a fish who has to take the bus. That's right, contrary to popular belief, it is indeed possible to take the bus in LA, not only that, it's possible to get to work on time too. Plus, if you're me, you get to spend some of your bus stop time gazing at the stars on the Hollywood Boulevard side-walk. Buster Keaton lives on for me each morning between...
...time it [legal doctrine] fit in well with the way that people understand how the universe ticks," referring to the once common belief that animals lacked intelligence...