Word: devout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Haig dispatched Ambassador at Large Vernon Walters, a devout Roman Catholic, to meet with John Paul II. Walters arrived in Rome soon after, and met separately with the Pope and with Cardinal Casaroli, the Vatican secretary of state. Both sides agreed that Solidarity's flame must not be extinguished, that the Soviets must become the focus of an international campaign of isolation, and that the Polish government must be subjected to moral and limited economic pressure...
...wish Frank Zappa would bepresident. I'm a devout American. I think theprinciples, the original concept of the americandemocracy, is a beautiful concept for agovernment. I'm not sure if the execution lives upto it. I'm afraid if I vote for Zappa, I would besupporting Bush. So my answer is anybody but Bush...
These were radical notions at the time, born of a commitment to moral self- improvement and an Enlightenment faith in the power of free inquiry and tolerance. The task of the Founding Fathers -- some of them quite devout, others much less so -- was to identify some vision of the common good that could be shared by citizens with very different priorities. They constructed a system of government and law in which freedom and equality were both essential, and religion was neither too close a friend nor the enemy...
...other hand, many devout parents are eager to instill in their children the moral strength that they hope will deliver them from evil, whether it is sex, drugs or secular humanism. Such families also believe that faith is central to serious intellectual activity and should not be relegated to Sunday school. So the debate over what teachers can teach, what books may be used, what songs sung, even what clothes children may wear at school strikes at the heart of many families' sense of spiritual freedom...
Wernher laughs at the characterization, but he admits it is true. He credits his missionary work as a devout Jehovah's Witness with developing his public speaking skills...