Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...existence of a science of government is still so stubbornly challenged that a serious attempt to set forth the foundations upon which it might rest is extremely welcome. Curiously enough, this has been too rarely done in a systematic manner in this country. All science rests partly on a faith in its possibility, and partly on postulates as to the nature of the material with which it deals. The pre-suppositions of a "political science" are obviously incapable of scientific demonstration, but there should certainly be some agreement as to what they...
Stanchest defender of the faith in contracts, Wall Street last week exhibited a severe case of financial jitters over the possibility that the U. S. Supreme Court might uphold the inviolability of the so-called gold clause (see p. 18). Completely lost on the agitated gentlemen of the nation's downtown districts was the cold fact that 1935 was already setting new recovery records...
...LaGuardia's counter proposal was an immediate 20% reduction as evidence of Mr. Carlisle's good faith. Caustic though it was, the Mayor's reply by no means closed the door to further palaver...
...Hearst banner did surprisingly little to alter their opinion. Drop in the bucket though it may have been, the money which rolled from the Hearstian coffers to smooth the surface can be written in the ledger with red ink. Mr. Hearst, it would seem, is pinning too much faith in human stupidity. The Daily Princetonian...
Growled Boston's William Cardinal O'Connell: "People will sit for hours listening to radio talk that is nothing but sham, pure and simple sham. . . . Do not put too much faith in those who are humbugging the world...