Word: faithful
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Since the beginning of the current sex scandal in Washington, pundits from every part of the political spectrum have differed in their opinions of how or whether President Clinton should be punished for his actions. Despite these differences, all of them have displayed a strangely unshakable faith in one single thing: ultimately, they intone, History will pass judgment...
Although Suskind believes Jennings possesses admirable traits, including "faith, perseverance, self-knowledge and grit," the author admits that Jennings is "nothing special...
...These acts of popular devotion have been an integral part of the life of the church over the years," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "The clergy is very careful in its response, because they represent a challenge but also a tremendous reinvigoration of faith." Although some instances -- such as the apparition at Fatima in Portugal in 1917 -- have entered mainstream doctrine, hundreds more each year fail to win the church's seal of approval. Fowler plans to move to Florida next month. Beatification may have to wait a while...
Brazilians amended their constitution in 1997 to allow President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to seek a second term in last Sunday's election. Cardoso, 67, a left-wing academic turned free marketer, has stamped out hyperinflation and given many of his 165 million countrymen their first real faith in democracy, capitalism and Brazil's titanic potential. Another four years, they hoped, would complete the dream. But now they'll need Cardoso's leadership just to stop the country's sudden nightmare of recession, unemployment and staggering deficits...
...critical of Freud. Swales, who bridles at suggestions that he wanted the show killed, still thinks "the public has been terribly shortchanged." But another prominent Freud critic, Frederick Crews, who called the original effort a "propaganda campaign" in need of rehauling, says Roth has so far made impressive "good-faith efforts" to create a balance...