Word: belief
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Based on the way that oil has traded recently, the perception that the economy has bottomed has fueled the belief that the demand for crude is about to jump. That can be combined with the fact that low oil prices have slowed exploration, so there may be a significant pinch between supply and demand as the summer rolls around...
...surprised that among the 10 ideas cited, there was no mention of the one that has most captivated the younger generation: the belief that we can all make a difference. Revitalizing suburbs and building biobanks are great ideas, but none will be executed if our future leaders don't believe these projects will benefit anyone. Rick Say, WEST CHESTER...
...begin to consider the meaning of whatever is left of Francis, Joan, Ella, the Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, or anyone dead but not forgotten, unless we acknowledge, with sadness, with wonder, that they began as small and perfect as the rest of us? These bones - fragile, mortal, beautiful - are where belief begins. Faith, at least according to Saint Paul's definition, is trust in things unseen. What, then, to make of relics? The point of them is to be seen, meditated on, keened over. Are they signs of weak faith, or strong? After seeing so many of them for myself...
...think the process here will be informed to some extent by what happens in the House, and we'll learn from what they're trying to get done," said Senator Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat and longtime sponsor of climate-change legislation in the Senate. "My hope and belief is, by the time we break for August recess, we'll have had the opportunity to bring the bill to the [Senate] floor and hopefully start debating...
...Some economists still persist in the belief, which has the benefit that it may be true, that the Administration's stimulus package will catch hold before the end of the year. It is not a good sign that Congress is still fighting over the federal budget which is also part of the grand plan to get the economy out of recession. But, hope springs eternal. If the number of jobs lost in March is under 600,000, economists can begin to make a case that pessimists are wrong. Unemployment will not hit 10% early next year. If the figure...