Word: beliefs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...true that research is hindered or delayed because of the belief that only a large and important subject is worth undertaking...
...These dead whom we here com memorate have placed their trust in us. Their living comrades have made their sacrifice in the belief that we would not fail. In the consciousness of that trust and that belief this memorial stands as our pledge to their faith, a holy testament that our country will continue to do its duty under the guidance of a Divine Providence...
...keynote speech of Senator Harding. It was long, conventional and dull; but he seemed to be very much pleased with it. ... It [the Republican party] believed 'in American policies at home and abroad.' This was very informing. It might have been interesting if it had . . . expressed belief in Italian policies at home and Japanese policies abroad...
...stand, asked him, for the sake of form, to identify Mr. Shapiro's fingerprints with Mr. Feit's. "Positively not the same," said the expert. The Judge ordered an acquittal. In the mind of the jurymen, the judges, the clerk, the counsel might have been the belief that this man, an arch criminal, had found a way to change the markings on the pads of his fingers. Honest Feit smiled, wrinkling the skin around his wart. He walked away a free...
...dissent is based on the belief that this kind of thing is not good for the boys and not good for the game Mighty few college boys can stand such exploitation and publicity without getting bad cases of what commonly is known as a "swelled head." The discase is not fatal, but while it lasts it does its victims a deal of harm. Football is a spectacular game, anyhow, and the more formidable players are made the subjects of an extraordinary amount of hero worship and general publicity. Greatly to their credit be it said that many of these young...