Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That statement still stood as Governor Dewey filled out his week by: 1) delivering a speech on the Communist threat and the foreign situation; 2) reaffirming faith in America in "the moral battle which engulfs the world"; 3) announcing plans to take his family with him July 4 on a month-long "nonpolitical" trip...
...winding new road, ten hours from Guatemala City. The local Indians, descendants of the ancient Mayans whose bones rested below, make daily sacrifices of flowers and incense before the mounds, while praying to their curious pantheon: to rain and wind gods of their old faith, and to Dios and Maria of the Catholicism they have since embraced...
...there is no sign of [a crusade] that I can see. . . . As far as an outsider can judge . . . the Vatican is leaning most heavily on its spiritual strength as a defensive weapon, and its faith that evil cannot in the end prevail...
...faith that is so firmly held cannot be combated on political or diplomatic levels, thinks Clifford: "Capitalism is feverishly trying to save itself by half-converting itself into Socialism. . . . Bombs are . . . irrelevant, for Communism is a thing of the mind . . . and not just a move in power politics. . . . The only really relevant thing is another faith - a positive and constructive faith with the power to seize on men's minds...
...strong a faith can the West offer? "It is generations now since Christianity tried to impose its universality," wrote Protestant Clifford. "But one of its churches, the Roman Catholic, still has a worldwide organization. . . . Has the largest Christian Church enough spiritual strength to withstand Communism? Has it any plans for doing so?" To find out, Correspondent Clifford hustled off to Rome. His cables back to London were not overly optimistic...