Word: beliefs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fridays, and unchallenged papal authority was what united delegates to the three-day meeting. An annual event sponsored by The Wanderer, a conservative Catholic weekly published in St. Paul, the forum drew a predominantly middleclass, middle-aged audience from 24 states and Canada. Its theme was "The Crisis of Belief-What Must Be Done...
...other mental institutions in the U.S., the school reflects Bettelheim's belief that environment is a most important part of psychotherapy. "The children do not believe in what we say," he observes, "as much as in what we do. If they see that we have tried to make things extra nice for them, they will know we care." The concept is crystallized in the explicit instructions Bettelheim gives his staff, which includes four psychiatrists, two psychoanalysts, three psychologists, two psychiatric social workers, 18 counselors, and six teachers...
...once. I saw on TV the women of Dearborn, Mich., the same women who had organized for all sorts of community good works, and now they were on the police shooting range learning how to use pistols." The columnist concluded: "What seems especially American is the depths of the belief that it is easy to right wrongs. And that may be the root of youth's bitterness at finding that wrong abides...
...rabbi's place, believes Brigadier-General Shlomo Goren, 49, is at the head of his congregation-at all times and under all circumstances. As chief rabbi of the Israeli army, Goren has had ample opportunity to practice that belief. His bushy white beard flapping in the wind, he dashed through sniper fire in Arab-held Jerusalem to become the first Israeli soldier to reach the Wailing Wall during last year's Six-Day War with the Arabs. Clutching the Torah scroll and ram's horn that are the symbols of his religion, he also led his troops...
...gold is only slightly less keen than his appetite for pessimism. The Gnome's credo: Men cannot manage their affairs rationally for very long periods. Hence, politicians promise things that cannot be paid for, trade balances totter, gold reserves slip away, and the dollar faces a crisis of belief...