Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet Union; instead of "withering away," as Marx predicted, the state has grown into a monstrous "reactionary machine." Lévy blames the persistence of Marxist ideas in France on the thinkers of the French Enlightenment, who paved the way for Communist dogmatism by spreading a naive faith in the historical inevitability of human progress. "The harsh truth," in Lévy's view, is that "the world is in a bad state. We are realizing that the 20th century's great invention may prove to be the concentration camp, which is generalized murder for reasons of state...
...many thoughtful Frenchmen applaud the New Philosophers' message. The French left, notes Author Jean-François Revel (Without Marx or Jesus), has suffered serious losses of faith in Marxism before-notably with the Hungarian tragedy in the 1950s and the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. "Nonetheless," Revel adds, "the French left has to hear it played again on another instrument. They had it last time on the piano, now they are getting it on the tuba." In the current context of French politics, the leitmotiv of the New Philosophers may well be the theme...
...adherents are flushed with the rosy beauty of new faith. "We got involved in Sikhism so we could re-establish a direction in our lives based on real principles," a young Jewish woman at a Los Angeles ashram told TIME Correspondent James Wilde...
Jimmy Carter, like Daniel, is a man of prayer and strong faith; he need not fear the lions...
...faith in the character and competence of Bert Lance has been reconfirmed. His services to this country can and should continue...Bert, I'm proud...