Our basic belief is, if we don't cannibalize, someone else will.

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"It is my belief that the basic knowledge that we're providing to the world will have a profound impact on the human condition and the treatments for disease and our view of our place on the biological continuum, " Venter said.

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Many of Hull's basic political convictions -- his belief in progressive taxation, internationalism, and free trade -- were bequeathed to Albert Gore, and then to son Al, but also notable was the style that was passed along as well.

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Mr Bush joined the Miami Urban League, a black-led organisation, to finance and run the school in the belief that its emphasis on basic learning and discipline would make it a model for the state.

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Believing one has the answer, whether or not such belief is justified, re-establishes a basic trust that we live in a just, rational-enough world.

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Researchers at Duke University have discovered that, despite strong belief to the contrary, mice do have basic vocal learning ability, allowing them to keep pitch, or to you and me -- sing.

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In the divide over liberty versus equality, there does seem one basic value that both sides hold in common: a belief in equality of opportunity -- that everyone in America should have a chance to succeed on his or her merits.

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Belief in this invisible but more powerful reality, sometimes called the world of the gods, is a basic theme of mythology.

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His belief that the typical individual could make a profit in the market by getting good advice and sticking to basic commonsense rules.

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