Word: belief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sometimes, even budget talks can be exciting. On Wednesday, one sticking point in a last-minute standoff was resolved when President Clinton accepted an across-the-board spending cut of .38 percent. House Republicans, stung by the widely-held belief that they've given ground on nearly every big budget issue - and that Bill Clinton is once again being declared the victor - were holding out for an across-the-board spending cut of .42 percent, or about $1.5 billion. And since he recently rejected a more substantial one-percent cut, it was unclear whether President Clinton would be willing...
...thing which must plague the liberal Australian conscience most is that much of this harm could have been prevented. Australian community and governmental leaders failed to adequately speak out and defend the values under attack by Hanson. Some were motivated by a belief that acknowledging Hanson's remarks gave them a credence they did not deserve. Others, however, were clearly motivated by the desire not to alienate the ranks within their own party that had reservations about free trade, immigration and affirmative action. It required a new party, Unity (an small offshoot of the Labor party), to be formed...
...Catholic doctrine--that God is a woman (Alanis Morissette), that the last descendant of Jesus (Linda Fiorentino) works in an abortion clinic, that there was a 13th Apostle who was black (Chris Rock)--Dogma is a tortured testament from a true believer. In an age when not only belief in God but belief itself brings a smirk to hip, jaded faces, this is a film out of time, the most devout movie in a modern setting since Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), and a worthy successor to The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese...
...those not as fortunate as he was. He accompanied me on several visits to a New Jersey prison, to give some of his time and wisdom to the inmates there. He extended himself to the Amer-I-Can vision of "wounded healers" reaching out to our communities. His belief in God and his fellowmen was always evident. Conscious of his humanity and the social conditions that confronted him, he manifested an unimpeachable dignity and racial integrity. Walter Payton, the human being, transcended race, gender, religion and status...
...Kaminer maintained her belief that women are less defined by gender in their political beliefs than by class or ethnic group...