Word: belief
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...lawyers who are paid to take a position,” Abrams said. “The notion that somehow, some member of the media...is less credible than someone being paid to advocate for somebody is an absurdity.” He also attacked the belief that media somehow affects a trial’s result, a sentiment shared by the other panelists. “It’s such an easy scapegoat to blame the media,” Abrams said. “I don’t buy the argument that media coverage somehow leads...
...science only validates their position.” But Philip D. Powell ’06, an Orthodox Christian, says he believes the intelligent design debate points to a larger desire to leave open the possibility for God in the universe.However, like Edwards and Moore, Powell says evolution and belief in God are not mutually exclusive. “In general I would allow for the possibility that God chose to use evolution for his main means of developing the world,” Powell says. “One should read the Genesis creation accounts in a largely figurative...
...Virginia voters are willing to ignore their innate biases against him and vote for his celebrity power. Though Affleck has his work cut out for him, he does possess a rudimentary political philosophy that could be very appealing to some voters. This philosophy centers around Affleck’s belief in citizen legislators as opposed to career politicians. In a 2001 interview with GQ Magazine, Affleck said, “My fantasy is that someday…I can run for Congress on the grounds that everyday people—be they singers or poets or bankers or lawyers...
...dingo, lie in the sun in their high-fenced enclosure, snuffling and backing away when a stranger arrives. Having bred them for 20 years, Watson's home is full of photos and paintings of dingoes, but her argument for their protection is based less on sentiment than on her belief in their ecological status. "They're Australia's lion - and everyone knows that if you take out the top predator, things go bad," she says, as puppies roll in balls of golden fluff at her feet. "The outside world seems far more interested in the dingo than Australians are. Government...
...mini-series presents a soft-focus, avuncular Wojtyla, dividing the role in two: the young priest (Cary Elwes) is a jocular guy who talks sex (within marriage, don't worry) with his young parishioners; the Pontiff (Jon Voight) is a self-deprecating wit whose career is unified by a belief in the dignity of life...