Word: beliefs
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...Initially, the belief was that browsers could solve all problems. But people are beginning to realize there is no single solution appropriate for all uses," says Adrian Ludwig, group manager for the Adobe Flash platform. Note that Ludwig doesn't believe that the browser will disappear. It's just that other tools that draw from the data on the Web will turn out to be better ways to deliver that information than simple websites...
...institute mass vaccination programs. Vaccines carry risks of complications, leading to agonizing ethical dilemmas. In 1976, Ford offered indemnity to the vaccine manufacturers. But according to reports, President George W. Bush decided in 2002 not to administer a nationwide smallpox vaccination program - despite Vice President Dick Cheney's belief that doing so was a prudent counterterrorism step - because it could have resulted in dozens of deaths (the smallpox vaccine kills between 1 and 2 people per million people inoculated...
...acceptance of homosexuality leads to pressure on churches to conform, and even to change their teachings. "There are grave threats that decisions by the courts, legislative actions or regulations could erode religious freedom," Kurtz tells TIME. "With regard to marriage, this implicates the right of Catholics to practice our beliefs. Here we are talking about the bedrock of society, it's not just a belief, it's written on the hearts of every human person...
...plays into the Zimbabweans' belief that they live in a version of George Orwell's Animal Farm, where some animals are more equal than others. Just a day after the new government was sworn in, all the Ministers - almost 40 of them - were driving around in luxury Mercedes Benzes. Each was allocated an all-terrain vehicle. Their deputies were each assigned a luxury car as well...
Tiahrt, Rep. Todd • previous dismissal by of Rush Limbaugh as "just an entertainer" is clarified by spokesman for, who reveals the updated belief of that the porcine hatemongering ignoramus is actually "a great leader of the conservative movement in America...