Word: belief
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...although he is not one of their faculty members, writes fiction that acknowledges the centrality of faith to culture without the author's pious participation. From his astounding breakthrough work, Midnight's Children, through his current The Enchantress of Florence, he has been obsessed with both formal and informal belief, but from the point of view of a highly-educated Muslim-born sceptic. This potentially flammable combination combusted in 1989 when Iran's then supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, sanctioned Rushdie's execution by the faithful for alleged blasphemies in his fictional exploration of Islam's origins, The Satanic Verses...
...Paranoid delusions, feelings of persecution and the belief that someone is out to get you appear to be unique to the 20th century. "The trend is primarily ascribed to urbanization, industrialization and technical developments with much new information and communication transfer, exerting considerable 'cultural pressure' on an individual," the researchers write. An increasing sense of individualism might add to the problem - the 1970s weren't called "The Me Decade" for nothing. The repression of political dissidents by Yugoslavia's communist regime probably didn't help either...
...exclusive" interview with Obama, yet you missed the opportunity to elicit some answers from the Democratic candidate. For that, Klein might have had to bring up any one of dozens of serious policy, experience and belief questions that might not serve the campaign's narrative. It is indeed sad that the first time Obama is likely to actually feel any grilling is in the boiler room of the Oval Office. Jeffrey C. Kastelic, Cranberry Township...
...mean we all will. The Civil Rights movement didn't happen with the people who were easily dispirited. When you were standing up against Bull Connor's dogs and water hoses, you had to be strong. You had to be resilient. It's those that have confidence and belief in their position that are the ones who will advance our cause...
...best chance of winning, Hillary Clinton crushed him, 71% to 26%. He had to build a new church and reach out to the seekers who had lost faith in government or never had any in the first place. He ran not so much on any creed as on the belief that everything was broken, that the very system that produces candidates and frames issues and decides who loses and who wins in public life does little more than make a loser out of the American people. We need to start over, he argued, speak gently, listen carefully, find solutions, keep...