Word: credo
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...consists of three components, according tothe draft: Credo, Code and Procedure. The Credo isa statement of general principles; the Codeoutlines proper behavior; the Procedure creates aprocess by which specific cases of violation canbe investigated...
...Sunday, at least, the Harvard squad took the New York credo to heart, got though, and, though hard-pressed, garnered...
...from the Soviet Union in the 1970s and '80s, assume that religious discrimination in Russia ended along with mandated Marxist atheism. But the Khamovs, whose fellow Baptists make up less than one-half of 1% of the population, say otherwise. The motherland, they say, has simply exchanged a state credo of godlessness for an older tradition: the hegemony of the Russian Orthodox Church. Yuri smiles as he recalls that under communism, his parents were denied permission to build a house because it might be used as a religious meeting place. Under the new democracy? The same: "My wife, who taught...
Sensing the change, politicians of both parties have felt it easier to buck the gun lobby -- especially since the NRA seldom budges from its never-give- an-inch credo. The New Jersey defeat came just three weeks after Virginia, an NRA stronghold, adopted a one-per-month limit on handgun purchases. The aim was to discourage bulk buyers who had turned the state into a firepower exporter to street criminals everywhere. "People recognize that this random gun violence is out of control," says Susan Whitmore, communications director of Handgun Control, a lobbying group. Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Minnesota have...
...primary responsibility of a newspaper has been, and always will be, to provide news. Today, Pulitzer's credo in part translates into a mandate for investigative, in-depth journalism. It's important to publish stories that people do not want to hear about, to discuss incidents people don't consider relevant or believe should "best be left alone." But serving the community requires more than glitzy, controversial investigative reporting. A newspaper best promotes the public welfare by chronicling the everyday existence of everyday people...