Word: tenet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of us will never find ourselves witnessing a rape or being called to the scene to see a man try to burn himself to death. But as long as curiosity remains a tenet of human astute, we will hear about these situations. And we who watch from a distance--who read the front-page stories and flip on our sets nightly to catch the film at eleven--can only ask ourselves: If we And been there, what would we really have done...
...reluctance to view cigarette production as immoral is widespread. Supporters of companies like Philip Morrison reason that the guiding tenet of American commerce has been consumer freedom of choice, from the days of wagon-pushing peddlers selling magic elixirs to computerized, stylized Madison Avenue marketing. As long as smokers understand the risks cigarettes pose, many believe, others have no business trying to discourage or eliminate tobacco production...
Since I had made our nation's commitment to human rights a central tenet of our foreign policy, it was impossible for me to ignore the very serious problems in the West Bank. The continued deprivation of Palestinian rights was contrary to the basic moral and ethical principles of both our countries. In my opinion it was imperative that the U.S. work to obtain for these people the right to vote, to assemble and to debate issues that affected their lives, to own property without fear of its being confiscated and to be free of military rule. To deny these...
Until several months ago, the Church was conspicuously mute on the issue of female missionaries. This silence sheds light on a fundamental tenet of Mormon gospel. Marriage and child-rearing are extolled both as a sacred duty and as the source of great personal fulfillment, and the average age at marriage among Mormons is considerably lower than the American national average. To be female and to spend one's marriageable years as a missionary, therefore, was tacitly to admit one's lack of suitors--and, by extension, one's failure to fulfill the highest purpose of any Mormon...
...basic tenet of the black conservatives is that federal policies and a lack of initiative on the part of blacks, rather than racial discrimination, are the most significant obstacles to progress. Says Economist Walter Williams of Virginia's George Mason University: "Racial discrimination is as pervasive as oxygen, but it doesn't explain very much in itself. Greater focus needs to be placed on the rules of the game." Among the rules of the game that foster black joblessness, he argues, is the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal contractors to pay high union wages to semiskilled black...