Word: belief
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...Ramallah. Arafat was in a somber spirit, she said, quiet and tired. He told her he thought Israel was exploiting the deeds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad to destroy him. Arafat smiled only once, Gozansky said; that was when she told him she hadn't given up her belief in the peace process. It wasn't clear whether he grinned in appreciation, or out of amusement at her naivete...
...Contrary to popular belief, superintendents do care about the safety of their charges,” he said...
...House will at least be playing ball. (The industry, which has lost 26 companies to bankruptcy in recent years, wanted tariffs of 30-50 percent.) And it's too much for any free- marketeer to hope that the next few months won't see Bush, driven by his unshakable belief in winning West Virginia again, is going to find some way to keep the industry (and the politicians it owns) at least reasonably happy...
Dukakis began his activism in the rail industry while a state legislator in the 1960s, as he opposed the popular belief that aiports and interstates would be sufficient means for transportation in the United States...
...companion “Acoustic Hits” disc is a bit of a dead-end, apparently motivated by the 80s belief that any music based around an acoustic guitar automatically gains extra kudos. The truth is that the songs, stripped of goofy studio effects, start to sound washed-up. The exception is the sublime parody “Love Cats,” whose deranged music-hall sound blossoms in the stripped-down arrangement. The brilliance of the Cure is their ability to play fantastic songs while giving the convincing impression of playing throwaway music. Pinning their hits down...