Word: belief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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During my first summer here, as part of a small group of entering first-years invited to take summer school classes for free, I spent most of my days wide-eyed and gawking, but happy beyond belief to be rid of my old life. I broke in my first pair of Doc Martens, and nearly broke my smallest toes doing so. For the first (and last) time, I played tag in Harvard Yard, got drenched by the 2 a.m. sprinklers while coming home from the clubs and had a coffee date at Au Bon Pain in which an overhead sparrow...
...child to a mother convicted of murdering her daughter [JUSTICE, July 20]. How could the court allow Latrena Pixley to have custody of her son Cornilous instead of giving it to Laura Blankman, the child's foster mother, who has cared for him for almost two years? The persisting belief that the biological mother is always the best person for a child is completely erroneous. To be a true mother, you must always have your child's best interest at heart. And that is the central failure of the justice system: it has taken away from this child his last...
...once formed an ambitious middle class and have fled the country in total frustration." But ethnic division, poverty and mass ignorance have made it virtually impossible for an honest, intelligent and well-meaning leadership to emerge. While I am saddened by the recent events in Nigeria, I share the belief of most Nigerians that this is the best opportunity we have ever had to shed some of the burdens that have held us back since independence. ONYEKWERE OGAN Los Angeles...
...helping hand is hiding a club. If the right could challenge the growing belief that gayness is innate and not a life-style choice, it could galvanize the troops for the fall elections, all the while looking Christian. At this very moment, House conservatives may try to pass a harsh amendment reversing the federal ban on discrimination against gays...
...children. During our unit on immigration, my campers were aghast to discover that I hadn't grown up in Boston. Utah? Small town? They were surprised and more than a little bit critical of roots from outside New England. During a discussion of ancestry, one child staunchly defended his belief that all of his relatives were from Boston, back through the generations...