Word: beliefs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last governor of Massachusetts said, "I'm of the belief that prison should be like a tour through the circles of hell." And it is. A hell that is cold and frightening, where two-thirds of women are sexually and physically assaulted and guards are promoted for their brutality. A lonely hell where the ones you love cannot be touched and holidays are all seen from behind bars. Prison is a hostile and degrading world where any assertion of self, any spark of resistance--even asking too many questions--may be disciplined by weeks of isolation in the "hole" (solitary...
...Grogan, Wrinn's new position is a major part of that vision, largely because of his "reputation and belief that communication is a two-way street...
...course, many reading this will not share the faith of faith of those dancers in St. Peter's Square. The simple faith I found in those dancers and in a unity of belief and love exemplified by the Pope's Easter greeting in 61 languages the next day were reason enough...
...Okay, maybe flying all the way to Milan only to act like a human clothes hanger for 16 hours at a stretch gives one a real feel for the anticlimactic. Maybe even for the totally useless. What this magazine did for me is confirm my (seemingly common-sense) belief that regular, real people are far more interesting than stars. And not so long ago, you, Jane, as revealed through Sassy, held this view too. Part of the joy of your old magazine was that it applauded the idea that movie stars are a little more than pretty faces and talking...
Many also stressed their belief that the bombings wouldn't solve anything and could potentially make the situation worse...