Word: belief
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...come to Harvard is because the Harvard community has so much energy and ability, and I hope we can tap a fraction of that to approach these problems. Having taught at the Law School I can say that the diversity and ability of HLS students is almost beyond belief and I know from what I read that the level of creativity from the undergraduates is phenomenal. So if you have a place for people who are interested and bring their creativity to bear, like this new program, it might be that we will have a giant wiki and we will...
...already know. But his words still conveyed information. The information was that all the other people now knew the same thing that each one of them did.” Social change often is a collective action problem: no one is willing to state their knowledge, belief, or opinion—against segregation, for instance—until they know others share...
...America's Evangelical movement is vast and diverse, and so are the reasons why Evangelicals rally to Israel. They range from the simple Sunday school teaching - God loves the Jews and abhors their enemies - to a belief that the Jews' return to their ancestral lands, and the "miraculous" victory of the Israelis over the Arabs in the 1967 war, is a harbinger of the Apocalypse and the Messiah's return. In a 2006 poll conducted by Pew Research Center, 35% of all Americans say that the creation of Israel is a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy about Jesus' second coming...
...national battle. The Episcopal Church claims that the the agreements binding the rebels' property to it are not just contractual but theological. Therefore, Burt says, for any state government to contravene them "is not just messing with a corporate structure, but messing in a clear and fundamental theological belief." If Judge Bellows decides the Virginia law violates church-state separation it would create a precedent for decisions that would give tremendous authority to Episcopal claims. Should he decide the opposite, it would free seceding churches to appeal under various state laws that might place more emphasis on which group made...
...game / Because the streets is a short stop / Either you’re slingin’ crack rock or you got a wicked jumpshot.” If those words of urban desperation don’t convey a political message, then nothing can. Contrary to the commonly held belief that rap is nothing more than an avenue for gangsters to obtain wealth and status, Marcus Reeves provides the necessary reminder in “Somebody Scream!” that hip-hop is much more: a potent political force that releases the latent energies of black poverty, violence...