Word: belief
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...like presenting Noah's Ark as fact, complete with measurements and an inventory of all the animals aboard," wrote a Kansas man. Equally unconvinced was a Californian who declared, "Bringing together Christians, Jews and Muslims through their love of Abraham is about as likely as unifying them through a belief in Santa Claus." And a New Jersey reader went the furthest: "More important than recognizing the shared significance of Abraham would be acknowledging that the story itself is fiction. People rarely kill one another over the differences between Star Wars and Star Trek...
...DIED. ALPHONSE CHAPANIS, 85, co-founder of the science of ergonomics, whose belief that products should be engineered from the user's point of view resulted in such canonical creations as the Touch-Tone phone keypad; in Baltimore. Chapanis also applied his user-friendly credo to the design of bomber cockpits, voice mail systems and oil exploration techniques...
...army's Chief of Staff in five to 10 years. Born on a kibbutz in northern Israel, Tibon lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and two daughters. His is the difficult life of a soldier, often away from his family for weeks at a time, because his "basic belief is that Israel is in the middle of a 100-year war." Tibon prosecutes that war from Tel Haras base, high on Mount Gerizim. From this bastion, Tibon can pick out a handful of Palestinian cars far below on the otherwise empty streets of Nablus. Israeli tanks are the only...
...wherever the successful team chooses to call home). And that means money. For New Zealand, pop. 3.9 million, the staging of the 2000 Cup delivered a $700 million economic boost and the revitalization of Auckland's harbor precinct. The Italian, Swiss, French, Swedish and British teams share the belief that the Cup would benefit by a move to a European port. "It would be a great opportunity for the region," says Prada's Ovidi. "As well, you would be creating something new for Europe and building public awareness of this competition." It would also potentially give other European syndicates, sponsors...
Sara-Munro Bryan confirms this belief matter-of-factly. “If you’re dating a Harvard guy, you know there’s potential for money in the future. Everyone wants to marry someone who will have money in the future, or has money...