Word: mantras
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...groups lose interest. Helping the poor is tough work and only those with loving hearts seem drawn to it.” When faced with such clear prejudice from the President’s point man on the issue, it is hard to take seriously Bush’s mantra that “We ought to judge faith-based groups by results, not by their religion...
...schedule may allow for 24-hour access, but will it fulfill the group’s mantra? “People might be more inclined to stretch themselves,” the participant says. “Spend[ing] all night in the library studying to the detriment of their mental health...
...taking requests one last time. After listening to the shouting for a minute, he declared that none of the requests inspired him, and so instead strummed his way through “Home,” the closest thing to a title track on the new album. His whispered mantra, “Nothing good can come to someone pretending he’s alone,” came across as a hard-earned lesson from a man who has finally found peace...
Exemplifying the fears bedeviling investors today is the daily (hourly) drumbeat about the dollar and the deficits, especially the "unsustainable" current account deficit. The mantra should be familiar: the U.S. saves too little and consumes too much. We are mortgaging our future, consuming our seed corn. If foreigners stop buying our debt, the dollar will collapse and interest rates soar. The only direction for the dollar is down, and so on. It was reported that former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker puts the chances of a financial crisis at 75% over the next few years...
...both follow the same mantra...