Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since God cannot prove His existence, Nozick argued, people should not become frustrated by doubts of faith...
...Challenger disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Ever since, Hilmers has had a dream that "one day a shuttle would once again make its way to the launchpad to launch Americans into space." A religious man, he says his anxiety about the mission was "soothed by my faith in God." Hilmers, who doubles as Covey's backup pilot, is a math whiz. He graduated summa cum laude from Cornell College, in Iowa, and earned an electrical-engineering degree from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. He joined the Marines in 1972, and was selected as an astronaut in 1980. Hilmers...
...Dream has many parts: a comfortable house in a tree-shaded neighborhood, a car, and college educations for the children. But at bottom it is based on two simple articles of national faith: 1) that each generation will live a bit better than that of its parents and build a still better life for its children; 2) that the nation will slowly but steadily progress toward greater equality. These twin pillars of belief have helped create the political and social stability -- and the economic dynamism -- that have characterized the U.S. for more than a century...
...Shavian grumping: "Let those who may complain that it was all on paper remember that only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love." Describing the tergiversations that led up to the marriage, Holroyd trenchantly observes, "Politically, Shaw had put his faith in the power of words to inspire action. But in his personal life he employed words to avoid taking action." By the end of this fascinating volume, Holroyd provides not only a sense of what it must have been like to know Shaw but also, far more enriching, a sense of what...
Despite their deceiving appearence, these blue jean-clad scholars are the root of a legal education movement which former Harvard Assistant Professor of Clare Dalton says has caused a "crisis of faith" at law schools nationwide...