Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Coast of Good Intentions tells a simple and plain truth that humans are driven by an intense desire for companionship and that, without this simple necessity, humans are bound to feel miserable. In "Shipmates Down Under," a father and son explore the realm of unspoken filial connections, discovering the faith that each has in the other in a time of family distress...
...options, I'm not investing in a company; I'm trading pieces of paper in search of short-term profits. Here the fundamentals of the underlying business are usually less important than my read of how other investors are going to respond to new developments. There's no religious faith involved. I'm dispassionate about my stock trades...
Example: Pfizer, maker of the hottest drug on the market, Viagra. Many recent buyers of Pfizer have created a cult with a sworn faith in the stock's momentum. To me, Pfizer is a fine company, for many years a core holding of mine, but now the stock has too much hype in it. I sell it routinely as it gets to $110. Does that mean I hate Pfizer? Hardly. I buy whenever it trades below $100. Why? Because there you are paying a fair price for the promising drugs that come after Viagra...
...with breaching the sacred wall separating church and state. Carter notes, for example, that one is allowed to have any view on abortion so long as it derives from ethical or practical or sociological or medical considerations. But should someone stand up and oppose abortion for reasons of faith, he is accused of trying to impose his religious beliefs on others. Call on Timothy Leary or Chairman Mao, fine. Call on St. Paul, and all hell breaks loose...
...Clines does find another side to the story. Associates of Ewing defend him thus: "His open Christian faith, they insist, is left at the prosecutorial door." An interesting form of exoneration. Ewing is fit to carry out his judicial duties after all. Why? Because he allows none of his Christian faith to corrupt his working life...