Word: factualism
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...National Council of Churches: Angola, written by Douglas L. Wheeler and Rene Pelissier and published as part of the Praegar Library of African Affairs; and documents of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), published in its journal Angola in Arms. All statistical references and factual statements are properly footnoted in the works from which I have drawn...
...feel(s) that not enough was done to clarify the...speculative nature of the article." Most of the article--the historical and empirical summaries--was not speculative, but as factual as I could make it. I continue to await substantive criticism. The speculative parts of the article were written in the form of conditional propositions--in fact, as a syllogism and several corollaries...
...there are any significant changes in the relationship between Harvard and Radcliffe, the terms of the funds will have to be reviewed again. The President and Fellows looked at the present factual situation in relation to the specific terms of each prize," he added...
...evidence revealed he was linked to the Detroit Mafia. Scandals in the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Weights and Measures contributed to a growing feeling among whites that Stokes was getting rich off the city. A gut feeling that someone is a crook cannot be destroyed by factual evidence, and the power of rumors of Stokes' supposed financial misdeeds was incredible. In addition, white paranoia manifested itself in widely-circulated stories of Stokes' alleged relations with white women...
...have made some giant steps toward acquiring the things that I personally will need if I am to be successful in my plans: aside from the factual material acquired from books and observations, there is, as you know, a certain quality of character needed to perform the thing that I have in mind. I have completely repressed all emotion; have learned to see myself in perspective, in true relationship with other men and the world. I have completely arrested the susceptibility to...give credence to...shallow unnecessary things...that lock the mind and hinder thinking...