Word: disbelief
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Meanwhile, other groups began to appear on the lawn. By 3:30 a.m., about 50 people had showed up--including three guys who had taken the shuttle from Winthrop. In response the Quadlings' extremely vocal disbelief, one of them said, "It's not that far, guys." (Actually...yes, it is. Especially for an early morning meteor shower...
Skating off the ice Friday night, the Harvard men’s hockey team must have been in disbelief. The Crimson had built a 4-1 lead over Colgate through two periods and looked poised for an easy win. But in the final frame, the Raiders surged back and Harvard watched its advantage quickly disintegrate. Colgate (4-2-3, 2-0) notched four goals in the third period to capture a 5-4 victory...
...major identifying feature of those who play Dungeons & Dragons, Alessandro says, is their “willingness to suspend disbelief.” To play best, one must be good as visualization, at making things that exist only in the mind become real. Because the game is so involved, so versatile, imagination is key. “You like to dig your fingers into a world and understand it,” Alessandro says of people who tend to play the game. But in terms of introverts and extroverts, players say there is no solid rule...
...crafted props featured in this show. Objects such as issues of "The Daily Prophet" or Professor Umbridge’s Educational Decrees and Ministry of Magic memos do not receive more than a few seconds of screen time, but their authenticity is what allows film audiences to suspend their disbelief and fully embrace the world of Harry Potter, if just for the duration of a movie. This exhibition makes it clear that these details are the difference between watching a show about wizards and believing that magic is part and parcel of daily life...
...Khamenei rekindled fears of a purge of "un-Islamic" faculty, declaring that studying the social sciences "promotes doubts and uncertainty." Speaking in front of a group of conservative students and professors, he said, "Many of the humanities and liberal arts are based on philosophies whose foundations are materialism and disbelief in godly and Islamic teachings...