Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deficit also provides many Democrats with a smoke screen to cover their loss of faith in the old liberal solutions. As long ago as 1975, a newly elected Governor named Dukakis proclaimed that "much of what government has tried to do over the past 15 years has failed." The Dukakis remark was not an isolated comment. Rather, it reflected a widespread soul-searching, continuing to this day, over the failure of ambitious social programs to make much discernible headway against poverty. As Michael Barker, a leading Democratic economic analyst, says, "Not only is there no Democratic agenda, we've almost...
...action-adventure genre has a future. Possibly not, if people keep putting their money into more noise and bigger flames. But a performance like De Niro's, in a well-made entertainment like Midnight Run, is cheap at any price. And capable of restoring the audience's faith in the form...
...Wherever you are tonight you can make it," Jackson said. "Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes. Don't surrender. Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. In the end faith will not disappoint...
...vigorous opposition to Reagan's approach to southern Africa. Dukakis argues that the most important source of America's influence in the world, and of sustained domestic support for its foreign policy, is the belief that the nation is committed to freedom and social justice. To restore that faith, he believes that the U.S. must be unequivocal in its opposition to the South African regime. This, in turn, means ending support for the South African-backed rebels fighting the government in Angola. "We can't get the Cubans out of Angola by betraying our own values," he says...
...rushed a six-member oversight team to the Persian Gulf to review the Vincennes' procedures and performance. The rationale for the inquiry is clear: If the Vincennes correctly adhered to the rules of engagement, how could America possibly be blamed for the tragedy? But such bureaucratic reasoning and reflexive faith in systematic procedures fails to countenance that sometimes -- in a disorderly world -- grand intentions produce grotesque results...