Word: contradict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this world, acting to preserve, not to change. As Jesuit priest Jon Sobrino, a professor of theology at a Salvadoran university, says in the preface to his Christology at the Crossroads. "For some reason it has been possible for Christians, in the name of Christ, to ignore or even contradict fundamental principles and values that were preached and acted upon by Jesus of Nazareth." You have your Inquisition and your Crusades and your indulgence-selling and your papal imperialism, and in some ways you have a pretty grim picture. But from that legacy of dogma and rigidity, new ideas...
They wrote that their findings--that a majority of working-class men surveyed enjoy their jobs and have stable marriages, despite underprivileged backgrounds--contradict the belief that intelligence, social class and family situation determine adult success...
...really run from Tel Aviv. I would like for the American people to understand who really runs their Government. When we look at the American people, we admire them as peace-loving, intelligent, industrious and accomplished. But we see certain elected representatives who want to impose policies that contradict U.S. interests. This is unfair to the American people. Those, who opposed the deal should bear the responsibility before the American people and before history...
...more philosophical plane, the problem of vanishing civility poses even tougher questions. Harvard prides itself on giving students unparalleled independence; cracking down on misbehavior would contradict that approach. It also might exacerbate problems by creating a new confrontation, this one between the University and students...
After men had quibbled, nit picked, and clashed for some time, a great legislator would come along. He couldn't exactly force people to live properly; that would contradict Rousseau's belief that a populace must retain sovereignty, misguided though it might be. Instead, Rousseau's Supermen would skillfully persuade men to listen to that part of their consciousnesses that instructs them to act as public-minded citizens and to ignore their self-serving desires. Thanks to this great legislator-educator, society would advance spiritually, cooperation would become the norm, and everyone would be fulfilled...