Word: belief
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whatever cost, the U. S. had demonstrated its ability to adjust itself to social needs, had after ten years the value of the experience of social reform, had in addition an aggregation of measures, laws, decisions in principle agreed to. It had the NLRB that put into law the belief that strong trade unions were of social value ("This is the greatest work of my life," said Senator Wagner), and although the San Francisco Stock Exchange threatened to move to Reno if "ham-and-eggs" went through in California, innovations generally led to no such drastic action. At whatever cost...
...friendly neutral than as a warring partner. Whatever Germany's advice in the matter (and gossip in Roman diplomatic circles has it that the Führer tried to persuade the Italians to attack Yugoslavia at the time the Germans attacked the Poles), all evidence points to the belief that neutrality was also Italy's own sincere choice. Nor are there lacking indications that the first cracks in the Rome-Berlin Axis have begun to appear. The belief is prevalent in Italy today that Italy no longer considers herself bound to honor the iron-clad military alliance Foreign...
...know that you, faithful to your belief in Germany, are prepared for any sacrifice...
Professor Elliott based his belief that the war would be long and drawn out on the fact that England must fight the battle out or be crippled as an Empire. A truce at present would consolidate the Italian and German position in Europe. Furthermore, he added, such a peace would be disastrous for this country...
...Paul last week Mrs. Frank Kellogg, relict of Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Ambassador to Great Britain, talked like a loyal wife. Referring to her husband's belief that "the world had at last reached a stage of civilized thought which ... abhorred armed conflict," she asked: "How can it be otherwise than that enduring peace will at last-and shortly-triumph...