Nowadays, the notion that life is measurably improving – and there can be no more profound improvement than not being killed or tortured – is about as unfashionable in educated circles as the conviction that western culture is in any sense civilising.
Dressed in a sleek, black, brass-buttoned, cropped jacket, Dr. Biden, a woman who herself, has suffered tremendous loss, stood resolute in her commitment and conviction to Educate the educators of the children of military families both here and overseas.
He's polite, educated, has no criminal convictions and is totally unfazed by the constant police raids and surveillance.
Based on the conviction that an educated citizenry is the cornerstone of democracy, the United States has decided that education is a public good and a public responsibility.
Fueled by the conviction that affluent, educated suburban areas are at least trending toward competitive in the strange and shifting battlefields of Mr. Trump's America, Democrats believe this is the kind of district where they have a shot.
In part because of this conviction, the scholars -- educated intellectuals who teach in Western institutions -- remain unconvinced that Muslims, even radical militants, were behind the attacks.
What saved some of these educated women was their growing political conviction that they should dedicate their lives to aiding the human casualties left behind by rapid industrialization and unregulated capitalism.
The shadow assistant minister for equality, Louise Pratt, told the Senate that an innate attribute should not be a ground for discrimination but also recognised the rights of parents to "have children educated in accordance with their religious convictions".
Sensible, educated Natalia finds that she can't scorn their conviction.
It is one thing to support a highly educated leader whose very biography embodies the socially liberal convictions of your class at a time when the economy is booming and George W. Bush's tax cuts are still in place.
