Word: belief
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...economists, psychologists and other experts, the gulf between the public belief in Europe that the euro has sent prices up and official statistics that show it hasn't is providing a rich new area of research, inspring dozens of learned papers with titles such as "Expectancy Confirmation in Spite of Disconfirming Evidence...
...belief that the teaching hotline, rather than perpetuating sensitivity and distance, will institute a process of cultural change at Harvard. For too long, we have considered evaluation an event. This includes the semi-annual CUE evaluations but also extends to the intelligence reports submitted by committees and task forces on structural improvements that Harvard should implement. While these large undertakings are incredibly valuable, they largely aim at invoking change beyond the immediate future. It is time that we supplement the community event of evaluation with a regular community practice capable of addressing concerns and flaws at once. By making evaluation...
...been an honor beyond belief to lead and serve this community,” she said. “We really do have our most exciting years ahead of us. I think the best is yet to come...
...Filonov's analytical art wasn't about mere technique. He took up Leonardo da Vinci's belief that an artist should be more than just a mirror that "reflects objects without having any knowledge of them." Filonov wanted to perceive and render the inner nature of things rather than their external appearances. The artist's real objective, as Kruchenykh put it, was "to see through the world." To achieve that, Filonov wrote to a young colleague back in 1940, "An artist must be a thoroughly educated analyst and researcher...
...sound produced by the Gyuto monks’ throat singing technique was guttural as well as sonorous beyond belief. The impossibly low-pitched reverberations swelled up from deep within the monks’ throats, creating an enveloping resonant hum louder and stronger than many in the audience had ever heard–or may ever hear again...