Word: belongs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
They say, "We belong to this land...
...most successful of Palestinian businessmen, he heads the Modern Electronics Establishment, with headquarters in Saudi Arabia. Nasser, whose family founded Bir Zeit University, still dreams of returning to his birthplace. "I'll tell you why I want to go back to Palestine," he says. "I belong to this land. I was born there. I know the trees, I know the streets, I know everybody, and I always think that my grave should be next to my mother's and father's. I live like a king, but Palestine belongs to me. What is Begin...
...victor belong the spoils. That old political adage may have been laid to rest last week when the Supreme Court ruled that government employees cannot be routinely fired by a new administration simply because of their political affiliation. Critics, including two of the three dissenting Justices, quickly claimed that by striking a blow against the traditional patronage system, the decision could injure the already ailing political parties...
Though still a distinct minority in secular universities, some philosophers are not only willing to talk about God but to believe in him. In the U.S., 300 of them belong to the Society for Christian Philosophy. Some scholars are attacking atheism and reviving and refining arguments for theism that have been largely unfashionable since the Enlightenment, using modern techniques of analytic philosophy and symbolic logic that were once used to discredit belief...
...Most papers belong to the opposition front. Most are activist," Klaaste says. "You can't even talk about objectivity." Faced with an oppressive system of apartheid, based on the belief that Divine Will sanctions rule by 13 per cent of the nation's inhabitants, and supported by a battery of more than 20 laws controlling journalism, few papers even try. Instead reporters take every opportunity to expose government corruption and denounce apartheid, often going to prison themselves for their actions...