Word: belief
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...irony was inevitable. While Olof Palme's life reflected his belief in an open society, his funeral was surrounded by the tightest security Stockholm had ever seen. As the hand-drawn catafalque carrying the slain Prime Minister's coffin wound through the streets, 2,000 police, paramilitary troops and army sharpshooters watched, guns at the ready, from street corners and rooftops. Half a million Swedes watched the procession, along with more than 600 foreign dignitaries, including 13 Presidents and 19 Prime Ministers. "There are few statesmen who have had such influence on international affairs and social change," said United Nations...
Bullishness was busting out all over. Nearly everyone from consumers to financiers was celebrating the belief that the 40-month-old economic recovery, which had slowed late last year to a 1.2% annual growth rate, is accelerating to a faster pace of 3% or more. Even better, many experts think the industrial world's economies are entering a new era, in which low oil prices are triggering a whole series of positive trends, thus creating a boom machine that could hum smoothly for several years...
Bascombe is appealing, but a novel about a man who has lost his will to write novels is always in danger of trying the reader's patience. His repeated assertions that uncertainty is the only certainty are a bit modish, as is his belief that literature is not in the enlightening business, but should aim to create "disturbances." Nevertheless, Ford accomplishes the first requirement of fiction: the making of a convincing illusion. Frank Bascombe inhabits an all too believable dreamworld. --By R.Z. Sheppard
...Leonard, Cobb carried a good deal more than that. "Mick doesn't think he's handicapped," says the pitcher. "That inspired me." Through four operations, three despairing journeys back to square one, Leonard required more than inspiration. Dick Howser, a congenial man but a practical manager, supplied a belief that was better than faith. "You can only sympathize and pull for him so much," Howser says. "Then...
...sitcom failed because it was populated with detestable characters mouthing dead jokes, not because it concerned a single woman. Valerie, on the other hand, succeeds because of the likable characters and lively dialogue, not because it deals with a nuclear family. To suggest otherwise, as you did, reinforces the belief that concept is more important than good scriptwriting, which just encourages mediocre producers to make more lousy shows. Joan M. Jacobson Lakewood, Colo...