Word: believingness
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I tell them: don't fool yourself into believing that simple mediocrity will earn you a fair share. You must remember that you are judged by standards set by the white majority. I also tell them not to give in to the peer pressure in the black community, where success...
There is more in My Son's Story than domestic tensions. South African author Nadine Gordimer has never acquired the luxury of believing that private lives can proceed in a political vacuum. The stark choices imposed by apartheid allow no such privilege. And so the three characters who meet in...
Many newspapers seek to reinvent the format. But they differ sharply about what tack to take. Some, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and Dallas Morning News, carry more national and international coverage, believing readers have had their horizons broadened by TV. Others, including the Boston Herald and NewarkStar Ledger, seem to...
To delude oneself into believing that we are insulted from the political struggles outside the academy is to allow the ivory tower to become a closest of ignorance. In an intellectual community truly dedicated to diversity and education, being "out" must be in.
BELIEVING that politicians will keep their campaign promises has always required a certain naivete. Only savvy Washington-watchers know how to distinguish the various varieties of campaign promises, how to draw the line between mere half-truth and actual lies. And only the most green of Beltway newcomers would maintain...