Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country with little more than swords and branches at its disposal for defense. And yet the Tibetans, steeped in centuries of compassion, could not now turn against other men, no matter how barbarous. In the face of imminent destruction, Tibetans returned Chinese fire with passive resistance and an undaunted faith in the justice of circumstance...
...argument that students will undoubtedly take unacceptable courses stems from the Faculty's continuing lack of faith in students' academic integrity. It is also another reminder of the University's egocentric conviction that no outside education can stack up to the Harvard ideal. But if students yearned for substandard education they would not have come to Harvard in the first place. And if they exited en masse to study elsewhere once the rules were relaxed, perhaps the Faculty would conclude that Harvard's insuperable academic excellence is not quite so insuperable...
...that Iran would not be called an Islamic Democratic Republic, since the "word Islam does not need adjectives such as democratic. Precisely because Islam is everything, it means everything." He defended the paramount role that the clergy will play under the new constitution: "Since people love the clergy, have faith in the clergy, it is right that the supreme religious authority should oversee the work of the Prime Minister or of the President of the Republic, to make sure that they don't go against the law, that is, against the Koran...
This is the nub of John Paul's contest with Roman Catholic liberals. He believes in a God who has revealed very specific teachings, known collectively as "the deposit of faith," and that no Pope is in a position to change them. But what will be the results if no change occurs? Liberals fear that despite the enormous regard in which multitudes hold this remarkable new Pope, his hard line will drive more Roman Catholics out of the church and discourage men and women from entering the priesthood and the religious orders. The competing theory, heard increasingly...
Debbie Kalish, another frshman who has yet to lose this fall, stopped former Smith standout Faith Wilcox, 6-1, 6-3, in the fifth singles. Kris Mertz continued to dominate the sixth singles, as she dumped Didi Seeber...