Word: affirmation
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...Moscow has kept irredentist impulses largely in check. Shortly after the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Boris Yeltsin made a historic decision to affirm the borders of the old Soviet republics as new international ones. He has at several key moments repudiated the bellicose claims of his noisier opponents. Yet plenty of questions--and among Russia's neighbors, plenty of anxieties--persist about how Moscow will handle its relations with the other 11 members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. If it develops as a genuine commonwealth of genuinely independent states, it will have the support...
...quite a refreshing change from the recent attacks on Clinton's character, for never have I heard anyone try to defend the president as "sincere." And for good reason. Just to check that I had understood this seemingly incoherent thought, I consulted my Webster's dictionary only to affirm my initial confusion. Sincere--"utterly honest and genuine." If Bill Clinton is "utterly honest and genuine," then his "politicking" truly has brainwashed America...
...Crimson, for example, only the president and the managing editor are responsible for everything published in the paper. The many other Crimson editors have the ability to go to editorial meetings where they are able to discuss and alter editorials, and choose whether they they want to affirm staff opinions. Each of these other editors does not, however, have either the right, time or interest to read over every single opinion aired by a Crimson columnist. Would the staff be willing to apply the same standards to itself as it does to Peninsula members? We don't think...
...preamble to the Constitution of the Undergraduate Council reads: "We, the undergraduates of Harvard and Radcliffe colleges,...reconstitute an undergraduate government to represent student interests; to secure an active role for students in deciding official policies and priorities; to safeguard academic freedom and student rights and to affirm the student citizens' dignity and worth." Here, then, is the heart of the mission of our student government. The council must stand up for student interests, not as an appropriation of power from some other entity, but because if we do not give voice to our concerns, no one will care...
...ceremony does not affirm ROTC or military policy, Nelson said. Rather, it supports the students who have committed time and effort to participate in ROTC during college...