Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatness of this nation does not depend on "faith" in its ideals, but on the practice of them. Insofar as we are free to choose our fields of study and teaching, and to be publicly critical, this is a great nation...
...some degree because France's President, Jacques Chirac, is still largely responsible for foreign policy and Jospin is preoccupied with getting his own country back on track. But among Blair, Clinton and Schroder, the situation is bleak. And yet whom do we have to blame? I don't have faith in the slick sell of these career politicians, and I voted for one. And I probably would have voted for Blair and Schroder, too, if I had been in a position...
...belief in its own perfectibility. America is fortunate, for its people still believe in their nation and it has a deep reserve of memory upon which to draw. It is vital to all of us that the memory and knowledge of the past not be lost. The faith American people have in their country and the exertions and sacrifice they are willing to undergo will determine the future greatness of the republic...
...become a habit in Pakistan that whenever a ruler's popularity disintegrates, he or she begins waving the scimitar of Islam. Never mind that not once since Pakistan became a nation 51 years ago has this noisy brandishing of faith ever worked to bolster the leader's popularity. Now, with Pakistan ostracized after its nuclear tests and on the edge of economic collapse, Prime Minister Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif is reviving the old custom of trying to make the Islamic Republic of Pakistan even more Islamic than it already...
Iran and Afghanistan, two of the most profoundly fundamentalist Muslim countries, sit side by side, but common faith doesn't make them friendly. In fact, each despises the other's brand of Islam. Now Iran's Shi'ite leaders and the Sunni Taliban militia that has nearly succeeded in imposing its rule over most of Afghanistan are threatening to turn an ancient theological schism into a fighting...