Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...felt that last week's election of representatives to the pre-negotiation sessions with the University only served to strengthen my support and faith in the union. Although I was unable to vote myself because I joined the Harvard staff too late to sign a membership card, I in no way felt badly or left out. I realize that the union had to make a decision regarding who would be eligible to vote at this time, and I respect their decision. I will have plenty of opportunities to take part more actively in the future, and I look forward...
...faith in HUCTW was reinforced by the union's election last week of representatives to pre-negotiation discussion sessions with the University. Every union member was able to cast a ballot in the election, and more than 30 employees from across the campus ran for the positions...
This time, says Michael McCracken, president of Informetrica, an Ottawa- based economic-research firm, "the Canadian voter took a leap of faith, opting for trade liberalization and to move against an inward-looking, anti- American approach to the economy." In effect Mulroney's victory amounted to an affirmation that Canada's identity and sovereignty are sturdy enough to survive a closer economic embrace with its best friend and neighbor...
...clear. The question of what makes one a Jew has been discussed for ages by Jews of all sects. An authoritative determination by the religious right that would indeed assert the "unworthiness of non-orthodox beliefs" affects most American Jews directly, both by denying the validity of their faith and failing to grant the privileges of automatic entry, residence and citizenship to their converts. The territorial conflict is a matter of internal Israeli politics whose resolution only directly affects citizens of Israel. Certainly all who love Israel want the speediest and best solution. But it is naive to think there...
...true that in the 25 years since the assasination, America has seen a fair share of disaster and dissapointment. The murders of Robert Kennedy '48 and Martin Luther King Jr shocked Americans by showing the nation's violent side. Faith in government was shattered by the successive blows of Vietnam, Watergate, the sour economy of the 1970s and the Iran-Contra scandal...