Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter's "ripoff" press conference restored my faith that at least there was one person willing to take a stand for the millions of Americans these oil prices will concern most...
...violent thunderstorm raged above St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on July 18, 1870, the bishops of the First Vatican Council adopted a decree that would alter Christian history. A Pope, they declared, is infallible when he defines doctrines of faith or morals ex cathedra (from his throne) and such dicta are "irreformable" and require no "consent of the church." The bishops' lopsided 533-to-2 vote that day masked a deep division in the council and throughout the church. The immediate repercussions included the schism of "Old Catholics" and a wave of antichurch laws in Germany. Though...
...Security Council veto to block proposals for equivalent embargoes on trade and investment suggests that the Carter administration still holds out hope for bringing an end to the white government's apartheid policies from within. Yet there would now seem to be more than enough evidence that any such faith is misplaced...
...leftist alliance. The President has left electioneering rhetoric to his fiscal wizard and current premier, Raymond Barre, who has spoken of "enlarging" the center-right alliance and "welcoming new elements." Characteristically, Chirac was more hard-hitting. At an election rally he declared: "To those who left us in good faith and who now feel deceived and abused, I say: 'Come back to us!' " If only a small percentage of French voters abandon the Socialists and return to the fold, they will virtually guarantee the center-right coalition a majority in the National Assembly next March...
...over to accompany them home. In a country where husbands often leave churchgoing to their women, the scene is not unusual-except for one thing. The man is Enrico Berlinguer, secretary-general of Italy's Communist Party and an atheist who nonetheless is willing to accommodate the steadfast faith of his wife Letizia...