Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took off in his C-54 for a seven-hour flight to his last place of refuge, Formosa. He found little but desolation. U.S. air raids had shattered the efficient Japanese-built factories, and food production was sagging. Morale was at its lowest ebb, for few Formosans had faith in the Nationalist government that had ruled for four years since the war, and it seemed only a matter of time before the Communists would overwhelm the island...
...Russell's book. His aristocratic father had wanted him brought up an agnostic. Orphaned at three, he was made a ward of Queen Victoria's court, but all the Queen's tutors and all the Queen's nannies couldn't put Bertrand's faith together. By the time he left Cambridge in 1894, a philosopher and high Wrangler (the university's term for top mathematicians), he was close to what his father had wanted him to be, and since then, Rationalist Russell has frequently attacked religion. All the more notable is his conclusion...
...approach becomes most distressingly apparent, however, in his attitude towards public opinion polls. His faith in them, going so far as to allow them to determine whether he would make an effort for the nomination, reflects his faith in the techniques of Madison Avenue. These techniques include his fine large staff which creates an aura of organization and efficiency that permeates all his activities. The staff has seldom slipped. One of the times it did was in Providence, where Rockefeller, not knowing what he was talking about, hastily supported the student loyalty affidavit in the NDEA...
...Faith." The meeting between Kirby and Sonnabend went well enough. Kirby offered Sonnabend a seat on Alleghany's nine-man board; Sonnabend said he would accept. But hardly had the two parted when the deal exploded. Angry telegrams flew back and forth, and words began to fly about a proxy fight for control of Alleghany at the annual meeting next...
...also acts as trustee to Bob Young's estate and adviser to his widow. Wallace had advised Mrs. Young to support any future Sonnabend bid for control. When Kirby got wind of this piece of advice, the executive committee fired Wallace. Snapped Sonnabend ominously: "An act of bad faith. A violation of a gentleman's agreement to keep Wallace. I decline to serve on the board as presently constituted...