Word: belief
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Even more daunting to broadcasters is uncertainty. They say they have no idea what is acceptable now, and the FCC won't spell it out. Contrary to popular belief--and George Carlin's seven-words-you-can't-say-on-TV routine--there are no stone tablets to clarify that thou shalt never utter this word or show that body part. The FCC will rule on indecency after the fact--sometimes twice. At the 2003 Golden Globes, singer Bono of U2 called his band's winning Best Original Song from a Film "f___ing brilliant." In October...
...Come Down On Me,” the album’s best track and almost a stand-out anthem, perhaps does the best job of this, perfectly capturing the Reagan years’ excess, pride, and belief in the future through a constantly moving synth line with periodic booms from lower registers...
Many, if not most, well-meaning people in modern societies see education as the rightful engine for social progress. Underlying this belief is the modern conviction that merit—rather than characteristics such as birth, tradition, race, gender, class, religion, age, and sexual orientation—should determine advancement up the social “ladder” or hierarchy. Accordingly, the answer to inequality to which many schools, including Harvard, offer or aspire is need-blind admissions: If you are academically good enough, you will get in regardless of your financial status...
Peterson says the belief that the district will suffer disproportionate losses is based on the false assumption that the school cannot adjust its expenditures to reflect the changing number of students in the district...
Contrary to popular belief, the fundamental issue highlighted by Summers’ comments is not about women, but rather white men. Disparities and discrimination are problems that are associated with a white male power structure—the old boys network dominating academia, business, medicine, journalism, and virtually all areas of American society. If Summers is truly sincere in his concerns about diversity, he should implement a plan to transform this “club” into one that is genuinely inclusive...