Word: belief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their letter to Berkowitz, which he providedto The Crimson, the Docket Committee imputed toBerkowitz the belief that he was entitled to an adhoc committee of specialists in his particularfield-the history of political philosophy. Theelected members then suggested that this was afaulty expectation...
...their letter to Berkowitz, which he provided to The Crimson, the Docket Committee imputed to Berkowitz the belief that he was entitled to an ad hoc committee of specialists in his particular field--the history of political philosophy. The elected members then suggested that this was a faulty expectation...
When I arrived, the president's privatewashroom was turned into a ladies' room (no breakwith precedent; it had always been so used duringCrimson dances,) I remember that for days someobject stolen from the Lampoon was stashed awaythere in the simple belief that no gentleman wouldeven enter a ladies' room, even in search ofstolen goods...
...1970s, no one even knew [women had ever been barred]. It was a belief in the established way being that way because it was the correct...
That's one reason Jackson has made a career of giving dictators such as Slobodan Milosevic a chance to show their gentler side by releasing captives at his request. It's not mere ego tripping, as some cynics charge, or an expression of Jackson's deeply held belief in nonviolence. It's almost Faustian. I think he needs the rush that only bargaining with evil can provide...