Word: belief
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...globalization, with no maps and few rules, and the law has not caught up to us. Until it does, we are left with the old sanctions: symbols and shame. That still leaves the problem of knowing whom precisely to scorn. "Capitalism," John Maynard Keynes once argued, "is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." It is tempting to blame the whole political-industrial complex, starting with whoever first had the idea of lending $750,000 to someone making $17,000 a year; the regulators...
...move past history, a Wisconsin-based atheist group, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, rubbed it in by purchasing a 12-ft. by 25-ft. billboard on the southern side of town to remind them of Darwin's legacy - and his milestone birthday. "Praise Darwin," the billboard reads. "Evolve Beyond Belief." (Read the 1955 TIME review of the original production of Inherit the Wind...
...ultimately banned Bible classes in Dayton's public schools. "For us, this billboard was really symbolic," Gaylor admits. "We didn't really expect Dayton to be a fertile recruiting ground for us. It's just our statement that they should not suppress knowledge by teaching religion in schools. Their belief is holding them back...
...Cornelius says, there is nothing wrong with a little bit of belief. "Evolve beyond belief? There is always belief," Cornelius says. "After all, every time you sit down in a chair you have to have the belief that it will hold...
...generation of artisan winemakers is intent on fixing Beaujolais' bruised reputation. Three years ago, Marie-Elodie Zighera invested everything in her old family vineyard, Clos de Mez in Fleurie, determined "to change the image of the wines of Beaujolais." Her belief in the region's fare stems from a "sumptuous" 1911 Beaujolais Cru Morgon she once sampled. "I've tasted what they could do back then, and that's the style I'm searching for," she says. Zighera patiently vinifies in tiny volumes with the Gamay grapes' natural yeasts to create her elegant, structured Fleurie La Dot. (See where...